diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index fb363ba73c2..b1b3897d5e4 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>1.18.2</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- db connectors -->