diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 8c07e92c43..56c796edf4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.4</version>
+      <version>1.18.7-jdk5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>