diff --git a/examples/cdi-ejbcontext-jaas/pom.xml b/examples/cdi-ejbcontext-jaas/pom.xml
index ba419e4a..a4d84f17 100644
--- a/examples/cdi-ejbcontext-jaas/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/cdi-ejbcontext-jaas/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-catalina</artifactId>
-      <version>7.0.29</version>
+      <version>7.0.81</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8a2249b..8785c906 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 
     <jaxb.version>2.2.6</jaxb.version>
 
-    <tomcat.version>7.0.53</tomcat.version>
+    <tomcat.version>7.0.81</tomcat.version>
 
     <!-- used mainly by jetty modules -->
     <cxf.version>2.6.9</cxf.version>