diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11d46a1c315..e12ac24501f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Brotli, Zstandard and ar, cpio, jar, tar, zip, dump, 7z, arj.
          this doesn't work for us -->
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/${project.artifactId}</commons.scmPubUrl>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
-    <pax.exam.version>4.13.5</pax.exam.version>
+    <pax.exam.version>4.14.0</pax.exam.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
     <!-- project.build.outputTimestamp is managed by Maven plugins, see https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-reproducible-builds.html -->
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-07-29T22:23:16Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>