diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
index 7b4cfb9ac00..9af034d8424 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <!-- don't deploy the samples, kind of pointless -->
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.4.7</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.5.4</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>4.2.2</cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>
         <cxf.jetty12.version>12.0.23</cxf.jetty12.version>
         <cxf.netty.version>4.1.123.Final</cxf.netty.version>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 861145aebc0..5df40404ee8 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
         <cxf.slf4j.version>2.0.17</cxf.slf4j.version>
         <cxf.snakeyaml.version>2.4</cxf.snakeyaml.version>
         <cxf.specs.jaxws.api.version>2.3_2</cxf.specs.jaxws.api.version>
-        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.4.7</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.5.4</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.ldap.version>3.2.13</cxf.spring.ldap.version>
         <cxf.spring.mock>spring-test</cxf.spring.mock>
         <cxf.spring.security.version>6.4.7</cxf.spring.security.version>