diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ae9845ec..e07e44fb7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.1</junit.version>
         <jbig2imageio.version>3.0.4</jbig2imageio.version>
-        <equalsverifier.version>3.17.4</equalsverifier.version>
+        <equalsverifier.version>3.18</equalsverifier.version>
         <jai-imageio-core.version>1.4.0</jai-imageio-core.version>
     </properties>