diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a435746..a76a0d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
             <artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.spring3x</artifactId>
-            <version>4.15.0</version>
+            <version>4.16.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>