diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 9d95007bc1..7dbbff01eb 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testCommonImplementation "com.diffplug.durian:durian-testlib:$VER_DURIAN"
 
 	// used for pom sorting
-	sortPomCompileOnly 'com.github.ekryd.sortpom:sortpom-sorter:3.0.0'
+	sortPomCompileOnly 'com.github.ekryd.sortpom:sortpom-sorter:3.2.1'
 	sortPomCompileOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0'
 
 	palantirJavaFormatCompileOnly 'com.palantir.javaformat:palantir-java-format:1.1.0' 	// this version needs to stay compilable against Java 8 for CI Job testNpm