diff --git a/log4j-appserver/pom.xml b/log4j-appserver/pom.xml
index 3610dec918..ae456c713f 100644
--- a/log4j-appserver/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-appserver/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/log4j-spring-cloud-config/log4j-spring-cloud-config-samples/log4j-spring-cloud-config-sample-application/pom.xml b/log4j-spring-cloud-config/log4j-spring-cloud-config-samples/log4j-spring-cloud-config-sample-application/pom.xml
index 9fc2d7e697..a5b446e2d0 100644
--- a/log4j-spring-cloud-config/log4j-spring-cloud-config-samples/log4j-spring-cloud-config-sample-application/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-spring-cloud-config/log4j-spring-cloud-config-samples/log4j-spring-cloud-config-sample-application/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/log4j-taglib/pom.xml b/log4j-taglib/pom.xml
index 42599fbcd7..e251f687a5 100644
--- a/log4j-taglib/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-taglib/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/log4j-web/pom.xml b/log4j-web/pom.xml
index 199aad4fff..b9cd3a7f80 100644
--- a/log4j-web/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-web/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
+      <version>4.0.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>