diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 39fe7e47..8a1db76d 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.2</version>
+            <version>1.15.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- need to explicitly include jaxb deps when using jdk >= 9 -->