diff --git a/populate-jcr-repo/pom.xml b/populate-jcr-repo/pom.xml
index 331b8e5..ae4f96b 100644
--- a/populate-jcr-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/populate-jcr-repo/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>