diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index afdc430a..dc308212 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- upgrade to pdfbox 3.0.6
+
 2.19.1
 =======
 2025-10-09
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2af2828..73580fa0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <version.commons-io>2.20.0</version.commons-io><!-- from 2.16.1 -->
         <version.jakarta.xml.bind>4.0.2</version.jakarta.xml.bind>
         <version.net.sf.saxon>12.8</version.net.sf.saxon><!-- from 12.4 -->
-        <version.org.apache.pdfbox>3.0.5</version.org.apache.pdfbox>
+        <version.org.apache.pdfbox>3.0.6</version.org.apache.pdfbox>
         <version.org.apache.xmlgraphics>2.11</version.org.apache.xmlgraphics><!-- from 2.10 -->
         <version.org.codehaus.janino>3.1.12</version.org.codehaus.janino><!-- from 3.1.7 -->
         <version.org.dom4j>2.1.5</version.org.dom4j><!-- from 2.1.4 -->