diff --git a/assembly/broker-artemis/pom.xml b/assembly/broker-artemis/pom.xml
index e6c86015f0d..8c4cda0f782 100644
--- a/assembly/broker-artemis/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker-artemis/pom.xml
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql</artifactId>
diff --git a/consumer/lifecycle-app/pom.xml b/consumer/lifecycle-app/pom.xml
index 47ff4cefe80..54a5eab6431 100644
--- a/consumer/lifecycle-app/pom.xml
+++ b/consumer/lifecycle-app/pom.xml
@@ -165,10 +165,6 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql</artifactId>
diff --git a/consumer/telemetry-app/pom.xml b/consumer/telemetry-app/pom.xml
index 793bf3c6199..5f0cac0a7c6 100644
--- a/consumer/telemetry-app/pom.xml
+++ b/consumer/telemetry-app/pom.xml
@@ -179,10 +179,6 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index daf1e69ea36..6712aba0e5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
         <commons-pool.version>2.3</commons-pool.version>
         <compress-lzf.version>1.0.3</compress-lzf.version>
-        <eclipselink.version>2.7.7</eclipselink.version>
+        <eclipselink.version>2.7.12</eclipselink.version>
         <dropwizard-metrics.version>3.2.2</dropwizard-metrics.version>
         <elasticsearch.version>7.8.1</elasticsearch.version>
         <googleauth.version>1.5.0</googleauth.version>
@@ -1692,11 +1692,6 @@
                 <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.core</artifactId>
                 <version>${eclipselink.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
-                <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
-                <version>${eclipselink.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql</artifactId>
diff --git a/service/authentication-app/pom.xml b/service/authentication-app/pom.xml
index eb3cd58b31c..74cc456fa89 100644
--- a/service/authentication-app/pom.xml
+++ b/service/authentication-app/pom.xml
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.asm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql</artifactId>