diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f008227ba..920bd3d198 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
                 <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
+                <version>2.5.0</version>
                 <!-- exclude c3p0 -->
                 <!-- see https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/REPO-3447 -->
                 <exclusions>