diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index 7a3d98427ff..17f328a39f2 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ versions.springSecurityCore = "5.7.12"
 versions.springSecurityJwtVersion = "1.1.1.RELEASE"
 versions.springSecurityOAuthVersion = "2.5.2.RELEASE"
 versions.springSecuritySamlVersion = "1.0.10.RELEASE" // this lib has reached EOL in 2021, must be replaced (https://spring.io/projects/spring-security-saml#support)
-versions.tomcatVersion = "9.0.87"
+versions.tomcatVersion = "9.0.88"
 versions.statsdClientVersion = "3.1.0" // statsd is not included in spring-boot 2.2 and later, so we need to specify the dependency explicitly
 versions.junitVersion = "4.13.2" // Needed to support junit 4 with spring-boot 2.4
 versions.velocityEngineCoreVersion = "2.3"