diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c3a0db8..720dcb93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <name>embeddedTomcatSample Maven Webapp</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
-    <tomcat.version>8.5.38</tomcat.version>
+    <tomcat.version>8.5.94</tomcat.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>