diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index bd33eac3b8..ec1d9808af 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17.7</version>
+      <version>1.17.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>