diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f0a4900..26cb167a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <!-- this is needed for surefire, needs to be kept in sync with the mockito-core version in spring-boot -->
         <mockito.version>5.18.0</mockito.version>
         <spring.version>6.2.8</spring.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>3.5.0</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.5.3</spring-boot.version>
         <guava.version>33.4.8-jre</guava.version>
         <caffeine.version>3.2.0</caffeine.version>
     </properties>