diff --git a/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml b/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
index ed6e5bbe4cc..9320839ee95 100644
--- a/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker/descriptors/kapua-broker.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
                 <include>org.yaml:snakeyaml</include>
                 <include>javax.cache:cache-api</include>
                 <include>com.warrenstrange:googleauth</include>
-                <include>com.google.zxing:javase</include>
+                <include>com.google.zxing:core</include>
 
                 <include>${pom.groupId}:kapua-account-api</include>
                 <include>${pom.groupId}:kapua-account-internal</include>
diff --git a/assembly/broker/pom.xml b/assembly/broker/pom.xml
index 763d5e2398c..f16d160ef3c 100644
--- a/assembly/broker/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/broker/pom.xml
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
         <!-- QR code generation -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javase</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70c7b7e7d71..a025ae86895 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1799,6 +1799,11 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- QR code generation -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
+                <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+                <version>${zxing.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javase</artifactId>