diff --git a/arquillian/arquillian-tomee-tests/pom.xml b/arquillian/arquillian-tomee-tests/pom.xml
index a0759513c9e..8997043e6d0 100644
--- a/arquillian/arquillian-tomee-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/arquillian/arquillian-tomee-tests/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16.1</version>
+      <version>1.17.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- just to get it in the correct order -->