diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6852e51..53b72b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cqframework.version>2.4.0</cqframework.version>
+        <cqframework.version>2.9.0</cqframework.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>