diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f403903e..a8e46df8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <!-- whenever the ASM version is updated also the
     maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/o/a/m/tools/plugins/extractor/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor#CLASS_VERSION_TO_JAVA_STRING
     needs to be updated as well -->
-    <asmVersion>9.6</asmVersion>
+    <asmVersion>9.7</asmVersion>
     <plexusUtilsVersion>4.0.0</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <plexusXmlVersion>3.0.0</plexusXmlVersion>
     <reportingApiVersion>3.1.1</reportingApiVersion>