diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 16e46b0f700..7dc0f57a967 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(gradleApi())
   implementation(localGroovy())
 
-  implementation("net.bytebuddy", "byte-buddy-gradle-plugin", "1.17.7")
+  implementation("net.bytebuddy", "byte-buddy-gradle-plugin", "1.18.1")
 
   implementation("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-connector-basic", "1.1.0")
   implementation("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-transport-http", "1.1.0")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/CallSiteInstrumentationPluginTest.groovy b/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/CallSiteInstrumentationPluginTest.groovy
index f3453017a0c..fa752eec0ec 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/CallSiteInstrumentationPluginTest.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/CallSiteInstrumentationPluginTest.groovy
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class CallSiteInstrumentationPluginTest extends Specification {
     }
     
     dependencies {
-      implementation group: 'net.bytebuddy', name: 'byte-buddy', version: '1.17.7'
+      implementation group: 'net.bytebuddy', name: 'byte-buddy', version: '1.18.1'
       implementation group: 'com.google.auto.service', name: 'auto-service-annotations', version: '1.1.1'
     }
   '''
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/InstrumentPluginTest.groovy b/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/InstrumentPluginTest.groovy
index 8e5b84ae7d6..98319a16e2f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/InstrumentPluginTest.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/groovy/InstrumentPluginTest.groovy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class InstrumentPluginTest extends Specification {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-      compileOnly group: 'net.bytebuddy', name: 'byte-buddy', version: '1.17.7' // just to build TestPlugin
+      compileOnly group: 'net.bytebuddy', name: 'byte-buddy', version: '1.18.1' // just to build TestPlugin
     }
 
     apply plugin: 'instrument'
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 4afd5c26321..c13664ee2e1 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ scala33 = "3.3.0"
 # Bytecode manipulations & codegen
 autoservice = "1.1.1"
 asm = "9.9"
-byte-buddy = "1.17.7"
+byte-buddy = "1.18.1"
 instrument-java = "0.0.3"
 
 # Benchmarks