diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee9dc60572..09b7b5b666 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <dependency.alfresco-core.version>7.19</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-core.version>7.21</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
         <dependency.cxf.version>3.3.2</dependency.cxf.version>
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         <sonar.exclusions>