diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 6760751910..16660bcdcb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		<hibernate-validator.version>6.0.4.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<hikaricp.version>2.7.3</hikaricp.version>
 		<hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
-		<htmlunit.version>2.27</htmlunit.version>
+		<htmlunit.version>2.28</htmlunit.version>
 		<httpasyncclient.version>4.1.3</httpasyncclient.version>
 		<httpclient.version>4.5.3</httpclient.version>
 		<httpcore.version>4.4.8</httpcore.version>