diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 471fb32c5e..3e427eae97 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ project("spring-core") {
 	// further transformed by the JarJar task to depend on org.springframework.asm; this
 	// avoids including two different copies of asm unnecessarily.
 	def cglibVersion = "3.2.4"
-	def objenesisVersion = "2.4"
+	def objenesisVersion = "2.5"
 
 	configurations {
 		jarjar