diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 2bf551319b8..aa37c706752 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.maxmind.geoip2</groupId>
             <artifactId>geoip2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>