diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index d4c02e66a..2dfce6c43 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-            <version>9.8</version>
+            <version>9.9</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>