diff --git a/appserver/pom.xml b/appserver/pom.xml
index 1688ba745dc..0974cd664fd 100644
--- a/appserver/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <!-- Java API for XML Registries Resource Adapter -->
         <jaxr.version>JAXR_RA_20091012</jaxr.version>
 
-        <nimbus-jose-jwt.version>9.39.1</nimbus-jose-jwt.version>
+        <nimbus-jose-jwt.version>9.40</nimbus-jose-jwt.version>
         <accessors-smart.version>2.5.1</accessors-smart.version>
         <json-smart.version>2.5.1</json-smart.version>
         <reactor-core.version>3.6.4</reactor-core.version>