diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66e2f20a5d15..19031fc003ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
              https://jena.apache.org/documentation/migrate_jena2_jena3.html -->
         <jena.version>2.13.0</jena.version>
         <!-- Used by (now obsolete) 'dspace-rest' WAR -->
-        <jersey.version>2.40</jersey.version>
+        <jersey.version>3.1.3</jersey.version>
 
         <!--=== MAVEN SETTINGS ===-->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>