diff --git a/chpl/chpl-service/pom.xml b/chpl/chpl-service/pom.xml
index 5bcd30e802..ce5f7feabf 100644
--- a/chpl/chpl-service/pom.xml
+++ b/chpl/chpl-service/pom.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
             <artifactId>tomcat-dbcp</artifactId>
-            <version>11.0.15</version>
+            <version>11.0.23</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Enhanced stream functions -->