diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e4bfc61f..044b565f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <felix.scr.version>1.8.2</felix.scr.version>
         <wicket.dependency.version>8.1.0</wicket.dependency.version>
         <wicket.dependency.version.range>[8.1.0,9.0.0)</wicket.dependency.version.range>
-        <wicket.core.dependency.version>8.1.0</wicket.core.dependency.version>
+        <wicket.core.dependency.version>8.9.0</wicket.core.dependency.version>
         <release-paxwicket-altGitURL>scm:git:git@github.com:ops4j/org.ops4j.pax.wicket.git</release-paxwicket-altGitURL>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jetty.version>9.2.22.v20170606</jetty.version>