diff --git a/org.eclipse.lemminx/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.lemminx/pom.xml
index c3a77017e..cdea83a37 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.lemminx/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.lemminx/pom.xml
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
 			<!-- Need to stick to 9.x as long as build is running with Java 1.8-->
-			<version>9.4.53.v20231009</version>
+			<version>12.0.16</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>