diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index f951f3d5..9174e840 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 - #458
 - #788
 - #790
+- upgrade from PDFBOX 3.0.2 to 3.0.5 
+
 2.16.4
 =======
 2025-04-19
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index e84707f9..f9745ed8 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>preflight</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
+            <version>3.0.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
+            <version>3.0.5</version>
         </dependency>
 		<!-- DOM4j -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/validator/pom.xml b/validator/pom.xml
index 47f731a9..b98368ef 100644
--- a/validator/pom.xml
+++ b/validator/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.2</version>
+			<version>3.0.5</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>