diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9fdf1057f..c581d7d8c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation group: 'org.apache.xmlgraphics', name: 'fop-core', version: '2.9'
   implementation group: 'org.apache.xmlgraphics', name: 'fop-events', version: '2.9'
   implementation group: 'org.apache.xmlgraphics', name: 'xmlgraphics-commons', version: '2.9'
-  implementation group: 'org.apache.pdfbox', name: 'pdfbox', version: '2.0.31'
+  implementation group: 'org.apache.pdfbox', name: 'pdfbox', version: '3.0.2'
   implementation group: 'net.sf.saxon', name: 'Saxon-HE', version: '12.5'
 
   testImplementation 'com.github.fge:json-schema-validator:2.2.14'