diff --git a/assessment-api/assessment-actors/pom.xml b/assessment-api/assessment-actors/pom.xml
index 5f86f0f41..da6641aea 100644
--- a/assessment-api/assessment-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/assessment-api/assessment-actors/pom.xml
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-actor_${scala.maj.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-testkit_${scala.maj.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/assessment-api/assessment-controllers/pom.xml b/assessment-api/assessment-controllers/pom.xml
index 9d43807ae..120615792 100644
--- a/assessment-api/assessment-controllers/pom.xml
+++ b/assessment-api/assessment-controllers/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-actor_${scala.major.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- Assessment actors -->
diff --git a/content-api/collection-csv-actors/pom.xml b/content-api/collection-csv-actors/pom.xml
index 57c017164..2b1731ebe 100644
--- a/content-api/collection-csv-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/content-api/collection-csv-actors/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-testkit_${scala.maj.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/content-api/content-actors/pom.xml b/content-api/content-actors/pom.xml
index 8a1f8a0f8..aebe645f6 100644
--- a/content-api/content-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/content-api/content-actors/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-testkit_${scala.maj.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/content-api/content-controllers/pom.xml b/content-api/content-controllers/pom.xml
index 49885b2d1..a18f06e52 100644
--- a/content-api/content-controllers/pom.xml
+++ b/content-api/content-controllers/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-actor_${scala.major.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- Content actors -->
diff --git a/platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml b/platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml
index 94d5497c6..fd1431151 100644
--- a/platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml
+++ b/platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<artifactId>actor-core</artifactId>
 
 	<properties>
-		<pekko.version>1.0.3</pekko.version>
+		<pekko.version>1.5.0</pekko.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/search-api/search-actors/pom.xml b/search-api/search-actors/pom.xml
index 29372e391..4b3e448ae 100644
--- a/search-api/search-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/search-api/search-actors/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-testkit_${scala.maj.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/search-api/search-core/pom.xml b/search-api/search-core/pom.xml
index fa5c4d404..22fe0dc20 100644
--- a/search-api/search-core/pom.xml
+++ b/search-api/search-core/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <pekko.version>1.0.3</pekko.version>
+        <pekko.version>1.5.0</pekko.version>
         <scala.major.version>2.13</scala.major.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-actors/pom.xml b/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-actors/pom.xml
index cb06780f7..06dbdac3b 100644
--- a/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-actors/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-testkit_${scala.maj.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-controllers/pom.xml b/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-controllers/pom.xml
index dd39542b3..b0080cc2c 100644
--- a/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-controllers/pom.xml
+++ b/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-controllers/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-actor_${scala.major.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- Taxonomy actors -->