diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a9f294ee..3c0f52298 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <lucene.version>9.12.2</lucene.version>
         <failsafe.version>2.4.0</failsafe.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.12.7</joda-time.version>
-        <ipaddress.version>4.3.0</ipaddress.version>
+        <ipaddress.version>5.6.2</ipaddress.version>
         <btf.version>1.3</btf.version>
         <msg-simple.version>1.2</msg-simple.version>
         <json-patch.version>1.10</json-patch.version> <!-- Starting version 1.11 OSGI Export Package is wrong causing wiring problems -->