diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
index eb904263e98..977a5728b80 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <!-- don't deploy the samples, kind of pointless -->
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.4.1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.4.2</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>4.2.0</cxf.spring.cloud.eureka.version>
         <cxf.jetty12.version>12.0.16</cxf.jetty12.version>
         <cxf.netty.version>4.1.117.Final</cxf.netty.version>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 82fa75fcf1a..dfe728b01a0 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
         <cxf.slf4j.version>2.0.16</cxf.slf4j.version>
         <cxf.snakeyaml.version>2.3</cxf.snakeyaml.version>
         <cxf.specs.jaxws.api.version>2.3_2</cxf.specs.jaxws.api.version>
-        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.4.1</cxf.spring.boot.version>
+        <cxf.spring.boot.version>3.4.2</cxf.spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.spring.ldap.version>3.2.10</cxf.spring.ldap.version>
         <cxf.spring.mock>spring-test</cxf.spring.mock>
         <cxf.spring.security.version>6.4.2</cxf.spring.security.version>