diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acdf5897855..090ce9ebab6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency.truezip.version>7.7.10</dependency.truezip.version>
         <dependency.poi.version>5.3.0</dependency.poi.version>
         <dependency.jboss.logging.version>3.5.0.Final</dependency.jboss.logging.version>
-        <dependency.camel.version>4.6.0</dependency.camel.version> <!-- when bumping this version, please keep track/sync with included netty.io dependencies -->
+        <dependency.camel.version>4.8.1</dependency.camel.version> <!-- when bumping this version, please keep track/sync with included netty.io dependencies -->
         <dependency.netty.version>4.1.113.Final</dependency.netty.version> <!-- must be in sync with camels transitive dependencies, e.g.: netty-common -->
         <dependency.activemq.version>5.18.3</dependency.activemq.version>
         <dependency.apache-compress.version>1.27.1</dependency.apache-compress.version>