diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 4cdceb0364..c7a3e616d9 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
             <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.9</version>
+            <version>8.5.12</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>