diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cca31724..c41693f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <!-- dependencies -->
     <commons.rdf.version>0.5.0</commons.rdf.version>
-    <rdf4j.version>5.2.2</rdf4j.version>
+    <rdf4j.version>5.3.1</rdf4j.version>
     <jena.version>6.0.0</jena.version>
     <inrupt.commons.rdf4j.version>0.6.0</inrupt.commons.rdf4j.version>