diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca8392b9d1..69c43aeeec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
-                <version>6.0.3</version>
+                <version>7.0.5</version>
                 <scope>provided
                 </scope>  <!-- felix-main provides everything in felix-framework (and more), override here to provent both JARs from being included in the build. -->
             </dependency>