diff --git a/src/bom-thirdparty/build.gradle.kts b/src/bom-thirdparty/build.gradle.kts
index 5a91e9dd43d..605527b3fec 100644
--- a/src/bom-thirdparty/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/bom-thirdparty/build.gradle.kts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies {
         api("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6")
         api("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.3.0")
         api("commons-net:commons-net:3.10.0")
-        api("dnsjava:dnsjava:2.1.9")
+        api("dnsjava:dnsjava:3.6.0")
         api("io.burt:jmespath-core:0.6.0")
         api("io.burt:jmespath-jackson:0.6.0")
         api("javax.activation:javax.activation-api:1.2.0")
diff --git a/src/licenses/build.gradle.kts b/src/licenses/build.gradle.kts
index e2292467861..fc3f16aea3d 100644
--- a/src/licenses/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/licenses/build.gradle.kts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ val gatherBinaryLicenses by tasks.registering(GatherLicenseTask::class) {
     // That enables to have "version-independent" MIT license in licenses/slf4j-api, and
     // it would be copied provided the detected license for slf4j-api is MIT.
 
-    overrideLicense("dnsjava:dnsjava:2.1.9") {
+    overrideLicense("dnsjava:dnsjava:3.6.0") {
         expectedLicense = SpdxLicense.BSD_2_Clause
     }