diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7497980c..2eecf4b4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <cargo.rmi.port>9805</cargo.rmi.port>
     <cargo.log>${log.directory}/cargo.log</cargo.log>
     <cargo.output>${log.directory}/cargo-output.log</cargo.output>
-    <tomcat.version>7.0.53</tomcat.version>
+    <tomcat.version>7.0.54</tomcat.version>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>