diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d32205fd8f..0b071467d2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
         <plexus-utils.version>3.5.1</plexus-utils.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 
-        <spec.activation.version>1.2.2</spec.activation.version>
+        <spec.activation.version>2.1.4</spec.activation.version>
         <spec.annotation.version>1.3.5</spec.annotation.version>
         <spec.jaxb.version>2.3.9</spec.jaxb.version>
         <spec.jaxrs.version>2.1</spec.jaxrs.version>