diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d426a4c4..c110629d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <version.commons-compress>1.26.0</version.commons-compress>
     <version.corelib>2.16.10-SNAPSHOT</version.corelib>
     <version.gdcc.xoai>5.2.0</version.gdcc.xoai>
-    <version.embedded.mongo>4.17.0</version.embedded.mongo>
+    <version.embedded.mongo>4.18.1</version.embedded.mongo>
     <version.hamcrest>1.3</version.hamcrest>
     <version.hibernate.core>6.4.4.Final</version.hibernate.core>
     <version.postgresql>42.7.2</version.postgresql>