diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1f183bf41..8ac1644050 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <lib.cpe-parser.version>2.0.2</lib.cpe-parser.version>
         <lib.cvss-calculator.version>1.4.1</lib.cvss-calculator.version>
         <lib.owasp-rr-calculator.version>1.0.1</lib.owasp-rr-calculator.version>
-        <lib.cyclonedx-java.version>7.3.2</lib.cyclonedx-java.version>
+        <lib.cyclonedx-java.version>7.4.0-SNAPSHOT</lib.cyclonedx-java.version>
         <lib.jaxb.runtime.version>2.3.8</lib.jaxb.runtime.version>
         <lib.json-unit.version>3.0.0</lib.json-unit.version>
         <lib.lucene.version>8.11.2</lib.lucene.version>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/BomResourceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/BomResourceTest.java
index d528724646..3cfc7cddbe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/BomResourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/resources/v1/BomResourceTest.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public void exportProjectAsCycloneDxInventoryTest() {
                 .isEqualTo(json("""
                 {
                     "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
-                    "specVersion": "1.4",
+                    "specVersion": "1.5",
                     "serialNumber": "${json-unit.ignore}",
                     "version": 1,
                     "metadata": {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public void exportProjectAsCycloneDxInventoryWithVulnerabilitiesTest() {
                 .isEqualTo(json("""
                 {
                     "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
-                    "specVersion": "1.4",
+                    "specVersion": "1.5",
                     "serialNumber": "${json-unit.ignore}",
                     "version": 1,
                     "metadata": {
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ public void exportProjectAsCycloneDxVdrTest() {
                 .isEqualTo(json("""
                 {
                     "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
-                    "specVersion": "1.4",
+                    "specVersion": "1.5",
                     "serialNumber": "${json-unit.ignore}",
                     "version": 1,
                     "metadata": {