diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 38dfdc65b7..fb3ec03fb7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jaraco.functools==4.1.0
 javaproperties==0.8.1
 Jinja2==3.1.3
 jsonstreams==0.6.0
-license-expression==30.3.0
+license-expression==30.4.0
 lxml==5.1.0
 MarkupSafe==2.1.5
 more-itertools==8.13.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b73f1d931d..30fbcd9771 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ install_requires =
     javaproperties >= 0.5
     jinja2 >= 2.7.0
     jsonstreams >= 0.5.0
-    license_expression >= 30.1.1
+    license_expression >= 30.4.0
     lxml >= 4.9.2
     MarkupSafe >= 2.1.2
     packageurl_python >= 0.9.0