diff --git a/gateway/pom.xml b/gateway/pom.xml
index 0b6b3f1d12..3de915b2a7 100644
--- a/gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/gateway/pom.xml
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@
         <testng.version>6.11</testng.version>
         <org.apache.cxf.version>3.6.10</org.apache.cxf.version>
         <org.springframework.version>6.1.21</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.apache.tomcat>7.0.96</org.apache.tomcat>
+        <org.apache.tomcat>9.0.118</org.apache.tomcat>
         <org.codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.13</org.codehaus.jackson.version>
         <carbon.rest.api.version>4.2.2</carbon.rest.api.version>
         <slf4j.api.version>1.7.28</slf4j.api.version>