diff --git a/org.jacoco.build/licenses/asm-7.1.html b/org.jacoco.build/licenses/asm-7.2.html
similarity index 96%
rename from org.jacoco.build/licenses/asm-7.1.html
rename to org.jacoco.build/licenses/asm-7.2.html
index 325d04d435..1ba58e514c 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.build/licenses/asm-7.1.html
+++ b/org.jacoco.build/licenses/asm-7.2.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h4>ASM</h4>
 
 <p>
-  <a href="http://asm.objectweb.org/">ASM 7.1</a> is subject to the terms and
+  <a href="http://asm.objectweb.org/">ASM 7.2</a> is subject to the terms and
   conditions of the following license:
 </p>
 
diff --git a/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml b/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml
index b7791f1c22..fab14194e5 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml
+++ b/org.jacoco.build/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     <argLine>${jvm.args}</argLine>
 
     <!-- Dependencies versions -->
-    <asm.version>7.1</asm.version>
+    <asm.version>7.2</asm.version>
     <ant.version>1.7.1</ant.version>
     <args4j.version>2.0.28</args4j.version>
     <junit.version>4.8.2</junit.version>
diff --git a/org.jacoco.doc/docroot/doc/changes.html b/org.jacoco.doc/docroot/doc/changes.html
index 91e67d52df..174ebe3e6e 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.doc/docroot/doc/changes.html
+++ b/org.jacoco.doc/docroot/doc/changes.html
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ <h3>Non-functional Changes</h3>
   <li>Prevent startup when JaCoCo runtime cannot be initialized to avoid
       subsequent faults
       (GitHub <a href="https://github.com/jacoco/jacoco/issues/910">#910</a>).</li>
+  <li>JaCoCo now depends on ASM 7.2
+      (GitHub <a href="https://github.com/jacoco/jacoco/issues/947">#947</a>).</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3>API Changes</h3>