diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04f966263c..3dff9060b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <dependency.alfresco-core.version>8.6</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-core.version>8.8</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
         <dependency.cxf.version>3.3.4</dependency.cxf.version>
         <!-- Files to exclude from SonarQube analysis -->
         <sonar.exclusions>