diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b66f269dbc..972e2a813c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Contributors:
 
     <!-- we use properties for version when there are used more than once -->
     <!-- dependencies version -->
-    <californium.version>3.7.0</californium.version>
+    <californium.version>3.8.0</californium.version>
     <logback.version>1.3.4</logback.version>
     <slf4j.api.version>2.0.3</slf4j.api.version>
     <!-- stuck to 9.4.x for java8 compliance -->