diff --git a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-greeting-service/pom.xml b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-greeting-service/pom.xml
index ca96b3723..b2e1006a4 100644
--- a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-greeting-service/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-greeting-service/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-      <version>11.0.15</version>
+      <version>11.0.18</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-hello-world-app/pom.xml b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-hello-world-app/pom.xml
index f3664d80b..bccd6cb43 100644
--- a/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-hello-world-app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/example-exemplars-tail-sampling/example-hello-world-app/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-      <version>11.0.15</version>
+      <version>11.0.18</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/example-exporter-servlet-tomcat/pom.xml b/examples/example-exporter-servlet-tomcat/pom.xml
index b5f0d1e60..26da0ae97 100644
--- a/examples/example-exporter-servlet-tomcat/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/example-exporter-servlet-tomcat/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-      <version>11.0.15</version>
+      <version>11.0.18</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/it-exporter/it-exporter-servlet-tomcat-sample/pom.xml b/integration-tests/it-exporter/it-exporter-servlet-tomcat-sample/pom.xml
index 2d5c34202..b71a90b3b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/it-exporter/it-exporter-servlet-tomcat-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/it-exporter/it-exporter-servlet-tomcat-sample/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
       <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-      <version>11.0.15</version>
+      <version>11.0.18</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>