diff --git a/api-control-plane/pom.xml b/api-control-plane/pom.xml
index f5da1f6d31..46af3c0fd3 100644
--- a/api-control-plane/pom.xml
+++ b/api-control-plane/pom.xml
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@
         <testng.version>6.11</testng.version>
         <org.apache.cxf.version>3.6.10</org.apache.cxf.version>
         <org.springframework.version>5.1.13.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.apache.tomcat>7.0.96</org.apache.tomcat>
+        <org.apache.tomcat>9.0.117</org.apache.tomcat>
         <org.codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.13</org.codehaus.jackson.version>
         <carbon.rest.api.version>4.2.2</carbon.rest.api.version>
         <slf4j.api.version>1.7.28</slf4j.api.version>