diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index 13c9588e..ee5eb0ab 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
-            <version>9.5</version>
+            <version>9.6</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>