diff --git a/clusterj-app/pom.xml b/clusterj-app/pom.xml
index e14ab33..5ab9fc0 100644
--- a/clusterj-app/pom.xml
+++ b/clusterj-app/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.3</version>
+            <version>2.4.4</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>