diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index f18318e8d..c9ed7795f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ updates:
   - dependency-name: org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies
     versions:
     - 2.4.5
+  - dependency-name: jakarta.persistence:jakarta.persistence-api
+    versions:
+      - ">=3.2.0, <3.3.0"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7f3401b2..57bdb66c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Integrates with Spring Data, Spring Data REST and Apache Solr</description>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <common-logging.version>1.3.3</common-logging.version>
         <commons-text.version>1.12.0</commons-text.version>
-        <jakarta-persistence-api.version>3.2.0</jakarta-persistence-api.version>
+        <jakarta-persistence-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta-persistence-api.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.6.15.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-orm.version>6.1.7.Final</hibernate-orm.version>
         <solr-solrj.version>9.6.1</solr-solrj.version>