diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8da67d..d23a26e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>LoadExternalPropertiesListener extension for Tomcat</name>
   <properties>
-      <tomcat.version>9.0.36</tomcat.version>
+      <tomcat.version>9.0.72</tomcat.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
       <dependency>