diff --git a/rmic/pom.xml b/rmic/pom.xml
index 14eac9488f..c9ea05f7dd 100644
--- a/rmic/pom.xml
+++ b/rmic/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-            <version>9.8</version>
+            <version>9.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
diff --git a/rmic/src/test/java/org/glassfish/rmic/asm/AsmClassFactoryTest.java b/rmic/src/test/java/org/glassfish/rmic/asm/AsmClassFactoryTest.java
index 9338ae5503..9088e7ae28 100644
--- a/rmic/src/test/java/org/glassfish/rmic/asm/AsmClassFactoryTest.java
+++ b/rmic/src/test/java/org/glassfish/rmic/asm/AsmClassFactoryTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 
 import org.glassfish.rmic.tools.java.ClassDefinitionFactoryTest;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -39,6 +41,6 @@ public void canRetrieveLatestAsmVersion() {
 
     @Test
     public void canRetrieveLatestSupportedClassVersion() {
-        assertThat(AsmClassFactory.getLatestClassVersion(), equalTo(Opcodes.V25));
+        assertThat(AsmClassFactory.getLatestClassVersion(), greaterThan(Opcodes.V25));
     }
 }