diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 0cb18a49a..448830453 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-                <version>4.7.3</version>
+                <version>4.7.4</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- due to https://github.com/oshi/oshi/issues/1289 -->