diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index e80971ff3..0542a4f79 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/net.bytebuddy/byte-buddy-agent/1.14.1, Apache-2.0, approved,
 maven/mavencentral/net.bytebuddy/byte-buddy-agent/1.15.4, Apache-2.0, approved, #16009
 maven/mavencentral/net.bytebuddy/byte-buddy/1.14.1, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause, approved, #7163
 maven/mavencentral/net.bytebuddy/byte-buddy/1.14.18, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause, approved, #7163
+maven/mavencentral/net.bytebuddy/byte-buddy/1.15.11, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause, approved, #16008
 maven/mavencentral/net.bytebuddy/byte-buddy/1.15.4, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause, approved, #16008
 maven/mavencentral/net.java.dev.jna/jna-platform/5.13.0, Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later, approved, #6707
 maven/mavencentral/net.java.dev.jna/jna/5.13.0, Apache-2.0 AND LGPL-2.1-or-later, approved, #15196
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.apache.velocity/velocity-engine-scripting/2.3, Apache-2.0
 maven/mavencentral/org.apache.xbean/xbean-reflect/3.7, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.apiguardian/apiguardian-api/1.1.2, Apache-2.0, approved, #17641
 maven/mavencentral/org.assertj/assertj-core/3.26.3, Apache-2.0, approved, #14886
+maven/mavencentral/org.assertj/assertj-core/3.27.2, Apache-2.0, approved, #17980
 maven/mavencentral/org.awaitility/awaitility/4.2.2, Apache-2.0, approved, #14178
 maven/mavencentral/org.bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk18on/1.72, MIT, approved, #3789
 maven/mavencentral/org.bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk18on/1.79, MIT, approved, #16962
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ffec54813..ed00d5e9b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ format.version = "1.1"
 
 [versions]
 edc = "0.11.0-20241127-SNAPSHOT"
-assertj = "3.26.3"
+assertj = "3.27.2"
 awaitility = "4.2.2"
 aws = "2.29.40"
 azure-storage-blob = "12.29.0"