diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a7ea390c..f72ee44e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dependencies {
     exclude group: "net.bytebuddy", module: "byte-buddy-agent"
   }
   // try to replace local commons-compress management on update!
-  testImplementation 'de.flapdoodle.embed:de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo:4.16.0', {
+  testImplementation 'de.flapdoodle.embed:de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo:4.16.1', {
     exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-api"
     // CVE-2024-25710 + CVE-2024-26308 in transitive version 1.25.0
     exclude group: "org.apache.commons", module: "commons-compress"