diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb099977c7..6b9cd450ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <org.apache.maven.plugin-testing.maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>3.3.0</org.apache.maven.plugin-testing.maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugin-tools.plugin-annotations.version>3.2</org.apache.maven.plugin-tools.plugin-annotations.version>
         <org.apache.maven.verson>3.3.3</org.apache.maven.verson>
-        <org.apache.tomcat.version>8.5.51</org.apache.tomcat.version>
+        <org.apache.tomcat.version>8.5.56</org.apache.tomcat.version>
         <org.codehaus.plexus.utils.version>3.0.20</org.codehaus.plexus.utils.version>
         <org.eclipse.persistence.eclipselink.version>2.7.5</org.eclipse.persistence.eclipselink.version>
         <org.eclipse.persistence.version>2.2.0</org.eclipse.persistence.version>