diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e2f4417..82c0974 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ val logstashEncoderVersion = "7.4"
 val openHtmlToPdfVersion = "pdfbox2-65c2c5010f84b2daa5821971c9c68cd330463830"
 val prometheusVersion = "0.16.0"
 val junitJupiterVersion = "5.10.2"
-val verapdfVersion = "1.24.2"
+val verapdfVersion = "1.26.1"
 val ktfmtVersion = "0.44"
 val testcontainersVersion= "1.19.8"
 val pdfgencoreVersion = "1.1.16"