diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4afcf81b6..2759229b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <!-- whenever the ASM version is updated also the
     maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/o/a/m/tools/plugins/extractor/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor#CLASS_VERSION_TO_JAVA_STRING
     needs to be updated as well -->
-    <asmVersion>9.7.1</asmVersion>
+    <asmVersion>9.8</asmVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.2</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <plexusXmlVersion>3.0.1</plexusXmlVersion>
     <reportingApiVersion>4.0.0</reportingApiVersion>