diff --git a/junit-runners/pom.xml b/junit-runners/pom.xml
index bff4b44..3c99628 100644
--- a/junit-runners/pom.xml
+++ b/junit-runners/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <!-- public dependency versions -->
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-    <asm.version>5.0.3</asm.version>
+    <asm.version>7.3.1</asm.version>
     <powermock.version>1.5.6</powermock.version>
     <!-- internal dependency versions -->
     <maven.enforcer.version>1.3.1</maven.enforcer.version>