diff --git a/src/jvm/netpdf/pom.xml b/src/jvm/netpdf/pom.xml
index bcf8a8e0..b81bd172 100644
--- a/src/jvm/netpdf/pom.xml
+++ b/src/jvm/netpdf/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		<classpathfile>${basedir}/classpathfile.classpath</classpathfile>
 		<mavenSkipMain>false</mavenSkipMain> <!-- set mavenSkipMain to true to avoid source compilation: use directive in command-line -->
 		<jnetVersion>2.6.9.0</jnetVersion>
-		<pdfBoxVersion>3.0.7</pdfBoxVersion>
+		<pdfBoxVersion>3.0.8</pdfBoxVersion>
 		<netpdfversion>3.0.11.0</netpdfversion>
 		<rootDir>${basedir}/../../../</rootDir>
 		<jcobridgepath>${rootDir}/bin/net8.0/JCOBridge.jar</jcobridgepath>