diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index ab36c70cf9110..336b9c52105ad 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         <avro.version>1.11.0</avro.version>
         <apicurio-registry.version>2.2.1.Final</apicurio-registry.version>
         <apicurio-common-rest-client.version>0.1.7.Final</apicurio-common-rest-client.version> <!-- must be the version Apicurio Registry uses -->
-        <jacoco.version>0.8.7</jacoco.version>
+        <jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.16.3</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>2.2</aesh-readline.version>