diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 09945b8..f8ca732 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <!-- Optional dependencies for using Spock -->
         <!-- enables mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces) -->
         <dependency org="org.objenesis" name="objenesis" rev="3.4" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
-        <dependency org="net.bytebuddy" name="byte-buddy" rev="1.17.5" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
+        <dependency org="net.bytebuddy" name="byte-buddy" rev="1.18.2" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
         <!-- Dependencies used by examples in this project (not required for using Spock) -->
         <dependency org="org.apache.groovy" name="groovy-sql" rev="5.0.3" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>
         <dependency org="org.spockframework" name="spock-junit4" rev="2.4-groovy-5.0" conf="test;sources;javadoc"/>