diff --git a/backend-java/pom.xml b/backend-java/pom.xml
index f41f248..c9527c8 100644
--- a/backend-java/pom.xml
+++ b/backend-java/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.instancio</groupId>
       <artifactId>instancio-junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <version>5.0.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>