diff --git a/eclipse.platform.releng.prereqs.sdk/eclipse-sdk-prereqs.target b/eclipse.platform.releng.prereqs.sdk/eclipse-sdk-prereqs.target
index ad7d33f775b..ccb9cc3f23a 100644
--- a/eclipse.platform.releng.prereqs.sdk/eclipse-sdk-prereqs.target
+++ b/eclipse.platform.releng.prereqs.sdk/eclipse-sdk-prereqs.target
@@ -329,13 +329,13 @@
 			  <dependency>
 				  <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
 				  <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
-				  <version>1.14.17</version>
+				  <version>1.14.18</version>
 				  <type>jar</type>
 			  </dependency>
 			  <dependency>
 				  <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
 				  <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-				  <version>1.14.17</version>
+				  <version>1.14.18</version>
 				  <type>jar</type>
 			  </dependency>
 			  <dependency>
diff --git a/eclipse.platform.releng/features/org.eclipse.test-feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt b/eclipse.platform.releng/features/org.eclipse.test-feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt
index 0b299d010bf..2bb2f580015 100644
--- a/eclipse.platform.releng/features/org.eclipse.test-feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt
+++ b/eclipse.platform.releng/features/org.eclipse.test-feature/forceQualifierUpdate.txt
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ Update bytebuddy to 1.14.16
 https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.aggregator/issues/2044
 Update assertj-core to 3.26.0
 Update junit.jupiter/junit.vintage 5.10.3 and junit.platform 1.10.2
+Update bytebuddy to 1.14.18