diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6dbff5b0a..74aaadb054 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <dependency.alfresco-core.version>7.7</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-core.version>7.9</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
         <dependency.cxf.version>3.2.7</dependency.cxf.version>
         <!-- Files to exclude from SonarQube analysis -->
         <sonar.exclusions>