diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7d3de2bd72..0a3a0967d0 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="main.hamcrest" artifact="org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.xmlunit" artifact="org.xmlunit:xmlunit-core:2.9.0" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.mockito" artifact="org.mockito:mockito-core:4.8.0" usage="main-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.12.14" usage="main-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy-agent" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.12.14" usage="main-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.12.16" usage="main-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy-agent" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.12.16" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.objenesis" artifact="org.objenesis:objenesis:3.1" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.18.0" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-logging" artifact="commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" usage="main-tests"/>
diff --git a/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle
index e4ebcd9e1d..17c9cb3b9e 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml-lite-agent/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ sourceSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.12.14'
-    api 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.12.14'
+    api 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.12.16'
+    api 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.12.16'
     api "org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:${xmlbeansVersion}"
 }