diff --git a/apache-geode/pom.xml b/apache-geode/pom.xml
index 15c7e04d2996..27d7915def80 100644
--- a/apache-geode/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-geode/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@
     </build>
 	
     <properties>
-        <geode.core>1.6.0</geode.core>
+        <geode.core>1.9.0</geode.core>
     </properties>
 </project>
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