diff --git a/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle b/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle
index ef4770f30..ce1b83d8e 100644
--- a/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies {
     // sda-commons-web-testing
     api 'com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:9.40'
 
-    api 'de.flapdoodle.embed:de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.spring3x:4.15.0'
+    api 'de.flapdoodle.embed:de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.spring3x:4.16.1'
 
     // sda-commons-starter-kafka
     api "org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:${scalaVersion}", {