diff --git a/dependency/pom.xml b/dependency/pom.xml
index 3aab14983..581bc99d5 100644
--- a/dependency/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.java-diff-utils</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-diff-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.16</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Normally, we just use log4j2. Since kieker relies on slf4j, we need to add the bridge;