diff --git a/eea-generator/pom.xml b/eea-generator/pom.xml
index ea318c0454..4c2b0a2535 100644
--- a/eea-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/eea-generator/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ SPDX-ArtifactOfProjectHomePage: https://github.com/vegardit/no-npe
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>
       <artifactId>classgraph</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.162</version>
+      <version>4.8.163</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test dependencies -->
diff --git a/libs/eea-classgraph-4/pom.xml b/libs/eea-classgraph-4/pom.xml
index 74c451d7aa..1883642299 100644
--- a/libs/eea-classgraph-4/pom.xml
+++ b/libs/eea-classgraph-4/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SPDX-ArtifactOfProjectHomePage: https://github.com/vegardit/no-npe
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>
       <artifactId>classgraph</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.162</version>
+      <version>4.8.163</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>