diff --git a/service/build.gradle b/service/build.gradle
index e1018265..5b9e1a84 100644
--- a/service/build.gradle
+++ b/service/build.gradle
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "com.github.kbase:auth2:$VER_AUTH2_SHADOW"
 	testImplementation 'com.github.zafarkhaja:java-semver:0.9.0'
 	testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-	testImplementation 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.1.10'
+	testImplementation 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:4.0.5'
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:3.0.0'
 }