diff --git a/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt b/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt
index ba5f76f81..a3dccba67 100644
--- a/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt
+++ b/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
 NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-onnx-runtime 1.20.0 - MIT License
+onnx-runtime 1.21.0 - MIT License
 
 MIT License
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbe2de604..a6bc05717 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <!-- 3rd party backend dependencies -->
         <liblinear.version>2.44</liblinear.version>
         <libsvm.version>3.25</libsvm.version>
-        <onnxruntime.version>1.20.0</onnxruntime.version>
+        <onnxruntime.version>1.21.0</onnxruntime.version>
         <tensorflow.version>1.0.0</tensorflow.version>
         <xgboost.version>1.6.2</xgboost.version>