diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f4779ca..7eec8296 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <commons-io.version>2.15.1</commons-io.version>
         <!--when updating elasticsearch versions, also update "ElasticsearchContainer" version in EmbeddedElasticsearchExtension-->
         <elasticsearch.version>7.5.2</elasticsearch.version>
-        <classgraph.version>4.8.167</classgraph.version>
+        <classgraph.version>4.8.168</classgraph.version>
         <testcontainers.elasticsearch.version>1.19.7</testcontainers.elasticsearch.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
         <!-- newer byte-buddy version to support JDK 21 -->