diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index da262b7..7cfda74 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         hamcrestVersion = '2.2'
         xmlbeansVersion = '5.1.1'
         batikVersion = '1.14'
-        graphics2dVersion = '0.40'
+        graphics2dVersion = '0.41'
         pdfboxVersion = '2.0.26'
         saxonVersion = '11.4'
         apiGuardianVersion = '1.1.2'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0a3a096..b640715 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 
     <!-- svg/batik/pdf libs - not part of the distribution - move batik to its own directory because of JPMS module-path issues -->
     <dependency prefix="svg.xml-apis-ext" artifact="xml-apis:xml-apis-ext:1.3.04" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
-    <dependency prefix="svg.xmlgraphics-commons" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:xmlgraphics-commons:2.4" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
+    <dependency prefix="svg.xmlgraphics-commons" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:xmlgraphics-commons:2.7" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-anim" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-anim:1.14" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-awt-util" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-awt-util:1.14" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-bridge" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-bridge:1.14" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
     <dependency prefix="svg.batik-xml" artifact="org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-xml:1.14" usage="ooxml-batik"/>
     <dependency prefix="pdf.pdfbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:2.0.26" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
     <dependency prefix="pdf.fontbox" artifact="org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:2.0.26" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
-    <dependency prefix="pdf.graphics2d" artifact="de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d:0.40" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
+    <dependency prefix="pdf.graphics2d" artifact="de.rototor.pdfbox:graphics2d:0.41" usage="ooxml-provided"/>
 
     <!-- jars in the ooxml-lib directory, see the fetch-ooxml-jars target-->
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.curvesapi" artifact="com.github.virtuald:curvesapi:1.07" usage="ooxml"/>