diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a64e02e2a1..7cbad4c8b4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     jacoco {
-        toolVersion = '0.8.11'
+        toolVersion = '0.8.12'
     }
 
     jacocoTestReport {
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 34848c5c2d..8d4faba96a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.opczip" artifact="com.github.rzymek:opczip:1.2.0" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
 
     <!-- coverage libs -->
-    <dependency prefix="jacoco" artifact="org.jacoco:jacoco:0.8.11" usage="util" packaging="zip"/>
+    <dependency prefix="jacoco" artifact="org.jacoco:jacoco:0.8.12" usage="util" packaging="zip"/>
     <dependency prefix="asm" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm:9.5" usage="util"/>
     <dependency prefix="asm-commons" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:9.5" usage="util"/>
     <dependency prefix="asm-tree" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:9.5" usage="util"/>
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ under the License.
                 <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.8.6.*.jar"/>
                 <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.8.8.*.jar"/>
                 <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.8.10.*.jar"/>
+                <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.8.11.*.jar"/>
                 <include name="forbiddenapis-3.1.jar"/>
                 <include name="forbiddenapis-3.4.jar"/>
             </fileset>
@@ -717,6 +718,7 @@ under the License.
                 <include name="jacoco-0.8.6.zip"/>
                 <include name="jacoco-0.8.8.zip"/>
                 <include name="jacoco-0.8.10.zip"/>
+                <include name="jacoco-0.8.11.zip"/>
             </fileset>
             <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib">
                 <include name="jacoco-*.zip"/>