diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14032d9..e5e1d60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- Version catalog — pin every dependency we use explicitly. Library first, not application. -->
-        <junit-bom.version>6.0.3</junit-bom.version>
+        <junit-bom.version>6.1.0</junit-bom.version>
         <jackson3-bom.version>3.1.4</jackson3-bom.version>
         <jackson2-bom.version>2.22.0</jackson2-bom.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>