diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 8863281424c..c9c7a233e42 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <snappy.version>1.1.10.6</snappy.version>
     <thrift.version>0.20.0</thrift.version>
     <tukaani.version>1.10</tukaani.version>
-    <velocity.version>2.3</velocity.version>
+    <velocity.version>2.4</velocity.version>
     <zstd-jni.version>1.5.6-5</zstd-jni.version>
     <!-- version properties for plugins -->
     <archetype-plugin.version>3.2.1</archetype-plugin.version>