diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2f1c32..f7046be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
             <!--            for pdf file generation -->
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.13</version>
+            <version>2.0.24</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>