diff --git a/benchmark-framework/pom.xml b/benchmark-framework/pom.xml
index 698a79c9a..7f2f485d4 100644
--- a/benchmark-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark-framework/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
             <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- set jetty version to be consistent across all transitive dependencies  -->
         <dependency>