diff --git a/knowledge-directory/pom.xml b/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
index e96be861d..2318bad39 100644
--- a/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
+++ b/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 		<jackson-version>2.16.1</jackson-version>
 		<junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
 		<logback-version>1.4.14</logback-version>
-		<servlet-api-version>5.0.0</servlet-api-version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -61,11 +60,6 @@
 			<version>5.10.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${servlet-api-version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/knowledge-directory/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/knowledgedirectory/KnowledgeDirectory.java b/knowledge-directory/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/knowledgedirectory/KnowledgeDirectory.java
index 0706a26b5..e1efb934b 100644
--- a/knowledge-directory/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/knowledgedirectory/KnowledgeDirectory.java
+++ b/knowledge-directory/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/knowledgedirectory/KnowledgeDirectory.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import jakarta.servlet.Servlet;
-
 public class KnowledgeDirectory {
 
 	public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KnowledgeDirectory.class);
diff --git a/smart-connector/pom.xml b/smart-connector/pom.xml
index d2655422e..0d83e9527 100644
--- a/smart-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/smart-connector/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 		<jetty-version>11.0.15</jetty-version>
 		<jersey3-version>3.1.7</jersey3-version>
 		<jackson-version>2.16.1</jackson-version>
-		<servlet-api-version>5.0.0</servlet-api-version>
+		<servlet-api-version>6.1.0</servlet-api-version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>