diff --git a/nucleus/parent/pom.xml b/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
index 46a79b4cdf3..6155e732673 100644
--- a/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@
             <id>jacoco</id>
             <properties>
                 <jacoco.report.outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jacoco</jacoco.report.outputDirectory>
-                <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
+                <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
                 <maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
                 <surefire.argLine>${maven.test.jvmoptions} @{argLine}</surefire.argLine>
             </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b70cedaacd5..e311898dee5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.11</version>
+                        <version>0.8.12</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>jacoco-merge</id>
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index e04d83e188b..0a8a97d071f 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install_glassfish() {
 
 install_jacoco() {
   mvn -N org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.2.0:copy \
-  -Dartifact=org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.8.8:jar:runtime \
+  -Dartifact=org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.8.12:jar:runtime \
   -Dmdep.stripVersion=true \
   -Dmdep.stripClassifier=true \
   -DoutputDirectory=${WORKSPACE}/bundles \