diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 287cbaef74f..0066d41bd5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
       <!-- this is basically for tests -->
       <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.84.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
       <proton.version>0.35.0</proton.version>
-      <protonj2.version>1.3.0</protonj2.version>
+      <protonj2.version>1.4.0</protonj2.version>
       <slf4j.version>2.0.20</slf4j.version>
       <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.17.0</qpid.jms.version>