diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index cff041c823f..8c3502b3216 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         <jetty.version>12.1.10</jetty.version>
         <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
         <lucene.version>10.5.0</lucene.version>
-        <nekohtml.version>2.1.3</nekohtml.version>
+        <nekohtml.version>3.0.3</nekohtml.version>
         <saxon.version>12.5</saxon.version>
         <xmlresolver.version>6.0.23</xmlresolver.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.12.0</xmlunit.version>