diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 28a15eb7b5..0ed24e9e0c 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@
             <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-oauth-client-jetty</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
         <!-- FindBugs -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
@@ -618,12 +617,6 @@
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-	<!-- Needed for CitationPage CurationTask -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.7</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe07ce15cd..15a6b0b95e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -974,17 +974,17 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.8.7</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>fontbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.8.7</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>jempbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.8.7</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
 	        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>