diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 850055d6e5f..6cf5b342e7a 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-				<version>1.16.1</version>
+				<version>1.18.1</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- db connectors -->