diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 405d22d..af735a9 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             // which pins exactly this combination (micronaut.core.version=5.1.10,
             // micronaut.security.version=5.3.1, micronaut.serialization.version=3.1.0) --
             // Micronaut 5 is the current major; there is no newer 4.x release to prefer over it.
-            version("micronaut", "5.2.2")
+            version("micronaut", "5.2.3")
             version("micronaut-security", "5.3.2")
             version("micronaut-serde", "3.2.3")
             // Test-only (phase 5a consolidation, part 2): micronaut-test-junit5 versions