diff --git a/core/core-backend/pom.xml b/core/core-backend/pom.xml
index 64899b01d3..a75f949460 100644
--- a/core/core-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/core/core-backend/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
                         </exclusion>
                     </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>itext7-core</artifactId>
+                    <version>${itextpdf.version}</version>
+                    <type>pom</type>
+                </dependency>
             </dependencies>
 
             <build>
diff --git a/de-xpack b/de-xpack
index 7be5178e94..bbab91cb17 160000
--- a/de-xpack
+++ b/de-xpack
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7be5178e948086bb1cf608695d43d16eff2f8231
+Subproject commit bbab91cb175d5ad1a11bcc5598766d8e37a35098
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8c1557ce3..2461384eb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         <selenium-java.version>4.19.1</selenium-java.version>
         <angus-mail.version>2.0.3</angus-mail.version>
         <mysql-connector-j.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-j.version>
+        <itextpdf.version>8.0.4</itextpdf.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>