diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 81759210..6602c761 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ lazy val agent = project
     moduleName := "semanticdb-agent",
     libraryDependencies ++=
       List(
-        "net.bytebuddy" % "byte-buddy" % "1.11.9",
+        "net.bytebuddy" % "byte-buddy" % "1.18.5",
         "net.bytebuddy" % "byte-buddy-agent" % "1.15.7"
       ),
     Compile / packageBin / packageOptions +=