diff --git a/ebean-core/pom.xml b/ebean-core/pom.xml
index ed41dd269e..9448672dc0 100644
--- a/ebean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-core/pom.xml
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Dnet.bytebuddy.experimental=true</argLine>
           <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
           <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
           <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
diff --git a/ebean-test/pom.xml b/ebean-test/pom.xml
index d95472afda..82f4fca399 100644
--- a/ebean-test/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-test/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
-    <bytebuddy.version>1.14.13</bytebuddy.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.25.3</assertj.version>
+    <bytebuddy.version>1.14.17</bytebuddy.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.26.0</assertj.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f796376c1..6512c94af7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>java11-oss</artifactId>
-    <version>4.1</version>
+    <version>4.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>