diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 27a433b345..01a7c6c0fa 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
             <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
-            <version>8.5.12</version>
+            <version>8.5.19</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>