diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 22bc952ec4a..df03a76e3f0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		<thymeleaf.version>2.1.3.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
 		<thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity3.version>2.1.1.RELEASE</thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity3.version>
 		<thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version>1.2.5</thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version>
-		<tomcat.version>7.0.54</tomcat.version>
+		<tomcat.version>7.0.55</tomcat.version>
 		<velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
 		<velocity-tools.version>2.0</velocity-tools.version>
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedContext.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedContext.java
index 82c804540de..fb5c681f82a 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedContext.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedContext.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class TomcatEmbeddedContext extends StandardContext {
 	private ServletContextInitializerLifecycleListener starter;
 
 	@Override
-	public void loadOnStartup(Container[] children) {
+	public boolean loadOnStartup(Container[] children) {
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	public void deferredLoadOnStartup() {