diff --git a/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml b/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml
index 98389cc93..fb44157a5 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml
+++ b/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
               <!-- Workaround to be able to compile into Java 13 bytecode -->
               <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
               <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-              <version>7.1</version>
+              <version>9.7</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>