diff --git a/project/stage3/pom.xml b/project/stage3/pom.xml
index ae8e9f6..eaf4d77 100644
--- a/project/stage3/pom.xml
+++ b/project/stage3/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.17</version>
+            <version>2.0.24</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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