diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb4108e4a..0dc07b24b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <plexus-expression-evaluator.version>2.0</plexus-expression-evaluator.version>
     <plexus-utils.version>3.0.8</plexus-utils.version>
     <asfTomcatMavenPluginVersion>2.1</asfTomcatMavenPluginVersion>
-    <tomcat7Version>7.0.40</tomcat7Version>
+    <tomcat7Version>7.0.47</tomcat7Version>
 
     <release.preparationGoals>clean install</release.preparationGoals>
   </properties>