diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0b37aa8..5bd1fa5e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
 
-        <struts2.version>7.1.1</struts2.version>
+        <struts2.version>7.2.1</struts2.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.25.4</log4j2.version>
         <jetty-plugin.version>11.0.18</jetty-plugin.version>
         <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
diff --git a/sitemesh3/pom.xml b/sitemesh3/pom.xml
index 24a4219b..811f0ca1 100644
--- a/sitemesh3/pom.xml
+++ b/sitemesh3/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <struts2.version>7.0.4-SNAPSHOT</struts2.version>
         -->
         <!-- it works with version where FORWARD_SERVLET_PATH is updated -->
-        <struts2.version>7.0.3</struts2.version>
+        <struts2.version>7.2.1</struts2.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>