diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0af0a32787..03c72817aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.javacrumbs.json-unit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json-unit</artifactId>
-			<version>2.40.1</version> <!-- 3.x requires Java 17 -->
+			<version>5.1.0</version> <!-- 3.x requires Java 17 -->
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>