diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33c611bd..210269cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <version.slf4j>2.0.7</version.slf4j>
     <version.antlr4>4.13.1</version.antlr4>
     <version.resteasy>6.2.9.Final</version.resteasy>
-    <version.spring-boot>3.2.5</version.spring-boot>
+    <version.spring-boot>3.3.0</version.spring-boot>
 
     <!-- default surefire/failsafe arg lines to empty-->
     <jacoco.argline />
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@
               <rules>
                 <enforceBytecodeVersion>
                   <maxJdkVersion>${max.jdk.version}</maxJdkVersion>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
                 </enforceBytecodeVersion>
               </rules>
               <fail>true</fail>