diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bee198a77..6518a2d53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		<guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
 		<dagger.version>2.41</dagger.version>
 		<gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
-		<zxcvbn.version>1.5.2</zxcvbn.version>
+		<zxcvbn.version>1.6.0</zxcvbn.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/PasswordStrengthUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/PasswordStrengthUtilTest.java
index a6e4e27af..fe3ba8846 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/PasswordStrengthUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/cryptomator/ui/common/PasswordStrengthUtilTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ public class PasswordStrengthUtilTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@Disabled("waiting on upstream fix") // https://github.com/nulab/zxcvbn4j/issues/54
 	public void testIssue979() {
 		PasswordStrengthUtil util = new PasswordStrengthUtil(Mockito.mock(ResourceBundle.class), Mockito.mock(Environment.class));
 		int result1 = util.computeRate("backed derrick buckling mountains glove client procedures desire destination sword hidden ram");