diff --git a/portal/pom.xml b/portal/pom.xml
index d4b0d5a8073..a2cc4fafff3 100644
--- a/portal/pom.xml
+++ b/portal/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-catalina</artifactId>
-      <version>7.0.68</version>
+      <version>7.0.81</version>
       <scope>
           <!--tomcat.catalina.scope is defined in master module-->
           ${tomcat.catalina.scope}