diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 552250421c..3e0f225606 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         <pkg.unixLogFolder>/var/log/${pkg.name}</pkg.unixLogFolder>
         <pkg.installFolder>/usr/share/${pkg.name}</pkg.installFolder>
         <spring-boot.version>3.4.7</spring-boot.version>
+        <tomcat.version>10.1.43</tomcat.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2025-52520 and CVE-2025-53506. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <javax.xml.bind-api.version>2.4.0-b180830.0359</javax.xml.bind-api.version>
         <jedis.version>5.1.5</jedis.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.12.5</jjwt.version>
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
         <metrics.version>4.2.25</metrics.version>
         <cassandra-all.version>5.0.4</cassandra-all.version> <!-- tools -->
         <guava.version>33.1.0-jre</guava.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2025-48924. TODO: remove when fixed in spring-boot-dependencies -->
         <commons-io.version>2.16.1</commons-io.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.3.1</commons-logging.version>
         <commons-csv.version>1.10.0</commons-csv.version>
@@ -1128,6 +1130,21 @@
                 <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${javax.xml.bind-api.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tomcat-embed-el</artifactId>
+                <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tomcat-embed-websocket</artifactId>
+                <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
@@ -1218,6 +1235,11 @@
                 <artifactId>metrics-jmx</artifactId>
                 <version>${metrics.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>