diff --git a/release/pom.xml b/release/pom.xml
index 85a352472ae..270f7ea10c1 100644
--- a/release/pom.xml
+++ b/release/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <tomcat.version>7.0.75</tomcat.version>
+    <tomcat.version>7.0.81</tomcat.version>
     <release.number>${project.version}</release.number>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>