diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e4e9aee..f92d5f63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Projects wishing to use pom-scijava as a parent project need to override the &lt
 		<!-- Open Microscopy Environment - https://github.com/openmicroscopy -->
 
 		<!-- Bio-Formats - https://github.com/openmicroscopy/bioformats -->
-		<bio-formats.version>5.2.3</bio-formats.version>
+		<bio-formats.version>5.2.4</bio-formats.version>
 		<bio-formats_plugins.version>${bio-formats.version}</bio-formats_plugins.version>
 		<formats-api.version>${bio-formats.version}</formats-api.version>
 		<formats-bsd.version>${bio-formats.version}</formats-bsd.version>