diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml
index 8d8dfe3a7b54..a7daab349e07 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
         <!-- utilities -->
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
-        <byte-buddy.version>1.10.16</byte-buddy.version>
+        <byte-buddy.version>1.18.4</byte-buddy.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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