diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d4e4aa03..5c0c1321d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<oracle.version>19.6.0.0</oracle.version>
 
 		<!-- test utilities-->
-		<awaitility.version>4.0.3</awaitility.version>
+		<awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
 		<degraph-check.version>0.1.4</degraph-check.version>
 	</properties>