diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fbd8c83..32422b83 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<spring-boot.version>3.3.9</spring-boot.version>
-		<spring-framework.version>6.1.17</spring-framework.version> <!-- For Javadoc links only -->
+		<spring-framework.version>6.1.18</spring-framework.version> <!-- For Javadoc links only -->
 		<spring-cloud-aws-bom.version>3.1.1</spring-cloud-aws-bom.version>
 		<testcontainers.version>1.17.6</testcontainers.version>