diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 846b90559b44d..91bfec17c3657 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
         <jacoco.version>0.8.7</jacoco.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.16.2</testcontainers.version> <!-- Make sure to also update docker-java.version to match its needs -->
         <docker-java.version>3.2.12</docker-java.version> <!-- must be the version Testcontainers use -->
-        <aesh-readline.version>2.1</aesh-readline.version>
+        <aesh-readline.version>2.2</aesh-readline.version>
         <aesh.version>2.6</aesh.version>
         <!-- these two artifacts needs to be compatible together -->
         <strimzi-oauth.version>0.9.0</strimzi-oauth.version>