diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11fe48b..8452b2a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <apache.tomcat.version>8.5.56</apache.tomcat.version>
+        <apache.tomcat.version>8.5.61</apache.tomcat.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <!-- The Apache Tomcat Download for Embedded uses 4.6.3, but it is not on Maven Central at this time. -->