diff --git a/clients/java/order-handling/pom.xml b/clients/java/order-handling/pom.xml
index f173ff78..c9a69cfe 100644
--- a/clients/java/order-handling/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/java/order-handling/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <properties>
     <camunda.platform.version>7.20.0</camunda.platform.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-    <jaxb.version>2.3.6</jaxb.version>
+    <jaxb.version>4.0.5</jaxb.version>
     <maven.compiler.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starter/external-task-client/loan-granting-spring-boot-webapp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starter/external-task-client/loan-granting-spring-boot-webapp/pom.xml
index c1451d11..2f0a100e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starter/external-task-client/loan-granting-spring-boot-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starter/external-task-client/loan-granting-spring-boot-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
 
     <graaljs.version>21.1.0</graaljs.version>
-    <jaxb-api.version>2.3.1</jaxb-api.version>
+    <jaxb.version>4.0.5</jaxb.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${jaxb-api.version}</version>
+      <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>${jaxb.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>