diff --git a/multiapps-controller-persistence/src/main/java/module-info.java b/multiapps-controller-persistence/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 8444e460b8..a1ce012fad 100644
--- a/multiapps-controller-persistence/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/multiapps-controller-persistence/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     requires org.apache.commons.collections4;
     requires org.apache.commons.lang3;
     requires org.cloudfoundry.multiapps.common;
+    requires org.eclipse.persistence.core;
     requires org.slf4j;
     requires spring.context;
     requires spring.core;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 303ef56922..df4a3a472a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
         <snakeyaml.version>2.4</snakeyaml.version>
         <httpclient.version>5.5</httpclient.version>
         <httpcore.version>5.3.4</httpcore.version>
-        <eclipselink.version>3.0.4
-        </eclipselink.version>  <!-- Be careful when updating eclipselink versions. As of version 4.0.4, there have been reported regressions connected to exhausted Hikari DB pools  -->
+        <eclipselink.version>4.0.6</eclipselink.version>
         <flowable.version>6.8.0</flowable.version>
         <mybatis.version>3.5.19</mybatis.version>
         <spring.version>6.2.7</spring.version>