diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a856666f485..5b3fc8cea55 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
     <jetty-test-policy.version>1.2</jetty-test-policy.version>
     <alpn.api.version>1.1.3.v20160715</alpn.api.version>
-    <jsp.version>8.5.35.1</jsp.version>
+    <jsp.version>8.5.40</jsp.version>
     <infinispan.version>9.4.8.Final</infinispan.version>
     <!-- default values are unsupported, but required to be defined for reactor sanity reasons -->
     <alpn.version>undefined</alpn.version>