diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90153b08a62..2865cb8143c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <commons-text.version>1.13.1</commons-text.version>
     <commons-csv.version>1.14.0</commons-csv.version>
     <dom4j.version>2.1.4</dom4j.version>
-    <equalsverifier.version>3.19.1</equalsverifier.version>
+    <equalsverifier.version>4.0.2</equalsverifier.version>
     <!-- It seems freemarker 2.3.32 was the last to support Java 11, 2.3.33 requires Java 16 -->
     <freemarker.version>2.3.34</freemarker.version>
     <groovy.version>4.0.25</groovy.version>