diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bfd7493d0..0f7b72dfec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <tika.version>2.9.4</tika.version>
     <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
     <hibernate-validator.version>6.2.5.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-    <jakarta.el.version>3.0.4</jakarta.el.version>
+    <jakarta.el.version>4.0.2</jakarta.el.version>
     <javax.el.version>3.0.0</javax.el.version>
     <!-- NB XStream does not use semantic versioning.  Take care when upgrading, as we need to
          ensure the IPT can still load existing resource.xml and other configuration files -->