diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13ef71e0f8e5..456083d34c9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ under the License.
     <assertjVersion>3.27.7</assertjVersion>
     <asmVersion>9.9.1</asmVersion>
     <byteBuddyVersion>1.18.8</byteBuddyVersion>
-    <classWorldsVersion>2.11.0</classWorldsVersion>
+    <classWorldsVersion>2.9.0</classWorldsVersion>
     <commonsCliVersion>1.11.0</commonsCliVersion>
     <guiceVersion>5.1.0</guiceVersion>
     <guavaVersion>33.6.0-jre</guavaVersion>