diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbf3429..dbab73f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
         <!-- Standard Libraries -->
         <!-- Servlet API depends on Tomcat version. See http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html -->
-        <servlet-api.version>3.1.0</servlet-api.version>
+        <servlet-api.version>4.0.1</servlet-api.version>
         <!-- Servlet API depends on Tomcat version. See http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html -->
         <jsp-api.version>2.3.3</jsp-api.version>
         <!-- Servlet API depends on Tomcat version. See http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html -->