diff --git a/requirements/default.txt b/requirements/default.txt
index 8866fb8..7600dd9 100644
--- a/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/requirements/default.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ google_api_python_client==2.90.0
 importlib_metadata==6.7.0
 keyring==24.2.0
 lockfile==0.12.2
-lxml==4.9.2
+lxml==5.2.2
 mock==5.0.2
 ordereddict==1.1
 protobuf==4.25.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92eb7f5..27682ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def get_requirements(*requirements_file):
 
 
 setup(name='gcloud-connectors',
-      version='0.1.98b1',
+      version='0.1.98b2',
       url='https://github.com/pualien/py-gcloud-connector',
       # download_url='https://github.com/pualien/py-gcloud-connectors/archive/0.1.23.tar.gz',
       license='MIT',