diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd85ed457..91b70d378 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <cglib.version>3.3.0</cglib.version>
         <groovy.version>4.0.28</groovy.version>
         <spok.core.version>2.4-M1-groovy-4.0</spok.core.version>
-        <equalsverifier.version>3.17.5</equalsverifier.version>
+        <equalsverifier.version>4.2.4</equalsverifier.version>
         <shazamcrest.version>0.11</shazamcrest.version>
         <mockito-core.version>5.14.2</mockito-core.version>
         <testng.version>7.11.0</testng.version>