diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index b4249ac3..943c0fa2 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <!-- External secret stores (AF-448). -->
         <spring-vault.version>4.1.0</spring-vault.version>
         <awssdk.version>2.49.0</awssdk.version>
-        <azure-sdk-bom.version>1.3.7</azure-sdk-bom.version>
+        <azure-sdk-bom.version>1.3.8</azure-sdk-bom.version>
         <!-- Repo-root connector catalog (issue #334), bundled onto the classpath as connectors/**.
              Local/CI builds run from backend/ so the default resolves to the sibling folder; the
              Docker build copies connectors into the image and overrides this with -Dconnectors.dir. -->