diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6533dde..fc88d64 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>7.0.8</version>
+      <version>7.0.9</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Pure-Java RE2 port, used only to demonstrate plugging in a linear-time