diff --git a/modules/osgi/pom.xml b/modules/osgi/pom.xml
index c1c3f798fe..278deade77 100644
--- a/modules/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.5</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml b/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
index f58cc15f2c..1cc689add3 100644
--- a/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.5</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml b/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml
index 26749da372..4478eb40cf 100644
--- a/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/samples/jaxws-samples/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.5</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 542beb8e08..9affb6a35e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
         <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
         <plexus.utils.version>3.3.0</plexus.utils.version>
         <rhino.version>1.6R7</rhino.version>
-        <servlet.api.version>2.3</servlet.api.version>
+        <servlet.api.version>2.5</servlet.api.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.2</spring.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.2</wsdl4j.version>