diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a3bc3bba..a004e131e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
     <commons.junit.version>5.9.1</commons.junit.version>
 
     <!-- Override commons parent version to allow build on java 17 -->
-    <commons.japicmp.version>0.15.7</commons.japicmp.version>
+    <commons.japicmp.version>0.16.0</commons.japicmp.version>
 
     <!--Commons Release Plugin -->
     <commons.bc.version>4.4</commons.bc.version>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index b7a36d111..5a3737972 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
       Bump commons-parent from 52 to 53 #299.
     </action>
     <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">
-      Bump japicmp from 0.15.4 to 0.15.7.
+      Bump japicmp from 0.15.4 to 0.16.0.
     </action>
     <action type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">
       Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 6.46.0 to 6.49.0 #318, #327, #333.