diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4f30531d..94e0fdd15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1400,11 +1400,10 @@
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- 2.5.0 upgrade cause NPE with jpox 2nd level cache -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
         <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.7</version>
+        <version>2.5.2</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>