diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7351c0f626..49094d3f29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,19 @@
                 <artifactId>alfresco-events</artifactId>
                 <version>1.2.5</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
+                <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3.0</version>
+                <!-- exclude c3p0 -->
+                <!-- see https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/REPO-3447 -->
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>