diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 221169a5..ccf003e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@
             </dependency>
             <!-- the following are not managed in io.wcm.maven.aem-dependencies but still shipped in AEM -->
             <!-- https://github.com/wcm-io/io.wcm.maven.aem-dependencies/issues/24 -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
-                <artifactId>org.apache.sling.commons.scheduler</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.2</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.apache.sling.event</artifactId>
@@ -457,8 +452,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.adobe.aem</groupId>
                     <artifactId>aemanalyser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <!-- moving to newer version does not work yet: https://github.com/adobe/aemanalyser-maven-plugin/issues/342 -->
-                    <version>1.6.4</version>
+                    <version>1.6.12</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>aem-analyser</id>