diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index efd4ea828ae0..8c578eeb0c76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
                 <artifactId>api-util</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1.8</version>
+                <version>2.1.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.datasketches</groupId>