diff --git a/dependencies.properties b/dependencies.properties
index 3f3bf4093..63b27b9aa 100644
--- a/dependencies.properties
+++ b/dependencies.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ io.dropwizard.metrics5:metrics-core = 5.0.0-rc17 # 5.0.0 is a bad version do not
 io.micrometer:micrometer-core = 1.12.4
 javax.inject:javax.inject = 1
 net.openhft:zero-allocation-hashing = 0.16
-nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier = 3.15.8
+nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier = 3.16
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api = 2.23.1
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core = 2.23.1
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jcl = 2.23.1