diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e934e9e374..bfed176f50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.4.1</maven.jar.plugin.version>
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.4.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
     <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>3.0.0</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
-    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.12</asciidoctorj.version>
+    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.13</asciidoctorj.version>
     <asciidoctorj.diagram.version>2.3.0</asciidoctorj.diagram.version>
     <buildnumber.plugin.version>3.2.0</buildnumber.plugin.version>
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>