diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb467b10..f0f49fbf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
         <!-- versions of Maven dependencies (sorted and groupped) -->
 
-        <version.biz.aQute.bnd>6.4.1</version.biz.aQute.bnd>
+        <version.biz.aQute.bnd>7.0.0</version.biz.aQute.bnd>
         <!-- 5.x is JDK 11 -->
         <version.com.zaxxer.hikari>4.0.3</version.com.zaxxer.hikari>
         <version.junit>4.13.2</version.junit>