diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0780269d52..c1612edd29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <!--=== GENERAL / DSPACE-API DEPENDENCIES ===-->
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <spring.version>6.2.2</spring.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>3.4.1</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.4.2</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-security.version>6.4.2</spring-security.version> <!-- sync with version used by spring-boot-->
         <hibernate.version>6.4.8.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>