diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index 0470ec3298fed..59895ff76409e 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <jandex-gradle-plugin.version>1.0.0</jandex-gradle-plugin.version>
 
         <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.13</asciidoctorj.version>
-        <htmlunit.version>4.8.0</htmlunit.version>
+        <htmlunit.version>4.9.0</htmlunit.version>
         <javaparser-core.version>3.26.3</javaparser-core.version>
         <jdeparser.version>2.0.3.Final</jdeparser.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>6.0.1</subethasmtp.version>