diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4aafcd9bb9..2af55c34af 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ subprojects {
         xmlbeansVersion = '5.3.0'
         batikVersion = '1.18'
         graphics2dVersion = '3.0.2'
-        pdfboxVersion = '3.0.3'
+        pdfboxVersion = '3.0.4'
         saxonVersion = '12.5'
         xmlSecVersion = '3.0.5'
         apiGuardianVersion = '1.1.2'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c3d44b23ee..44254cdff7 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-transcoder" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-transcoder:1.18" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-util" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-util:1.18" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-xml" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:1.18" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.3" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox.io" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-io:3.0.3" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.fontbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:3.0.3" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.4" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox.io" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-io:3.0.4" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.fontbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:3.0.4" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
     <dependency prefix="pdf.graphics2d" artifact="de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d:3.0.2" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
 
     <!-- jars in the ooxml-lib directory, see the fetch-ooxml-jars target-->