diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a507fed4..2c660555 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 		<errorprone.version>2.48.0</errorprone.version>
 
 		<awaitility.version>4.0.3</awaitility.version>
-		<equals.verifier.version>4.2.5</equals.verifier.version>
+		<equals.verifier.version>4.5</equals.verifier.version>
 		<checker.quals.version>3.55.1</checker.quals.version>
 
 		<!-- newer version than spring-boot-dependencies, for JDK11 -->