diff --git a/test-harness/pom.xml b/test-harness/pom.xml
index d9a0128..a8d4c51 100644
--- a/test-harness/pom.xml
+++ b/test-harness/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <cxf.version>4.0.3</cxf.version>
         <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
         <confluent.version>7.6.1</confluent.version>
-        <ibm.mq.version>9.4.2.0</ibm.mq.version>
+        <ibm.mq.version>9.4.5.0</ibm.mq.version>
         <jakarta.jms.version>3.1.0</jakarta.jms.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 186eafd..c0a6c9f 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<harness.version>7.55-SNAPSHOT</harness.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<junit.platform.version>1.5.1</junit.platform.version>
-		<ibm.mq.version>9.4.2.0</ibm.mq.version>
+		<ibm.mq.version>9.4.5.0</ibm.mq.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>