diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f667be7c8..ca1de748f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     "typedoc-plugin-markdown": "4.3.3",
     "typescript": "5.7.2",
     "wdio-docker-service": "1.5.0",
-    "webdriverio": "8.40.6",
+    "webdriverio": "9.4.5",
     "xml2js": "0.6.2",
     "xpath": "0.0.34"
   },