diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05d663ac9..afba0267d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
                 <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
                 <!-- highest version for Servlet 4 is 9.x, highest version for Java 1.8 is 10.x -->
-                <version>9.0.71</version>
+                <version>9.0.90</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>