diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 143eef96a06..ed57bbf981f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
-        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.2</asciidoctorj.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.4</asciidoctorj.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>