diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index d4c02e66a..b7f929d02 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
-            <version>9.8</version>
+            <version>9.9</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>