diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java
index 85a7224d80ebdd3bfa20b646cc0fde46fc1958e4..a1fdffdd5f7f409f70b1010f34def0bfffd181ec 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ package org.flowable.engine.impl.el;
 
 import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
 
-import de.odysseus.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl;
-
 /**
  * Class used to get hold of a {@link ExpressionFactory}.
  * 
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ import de.odysseus.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl;
 public abstract class ExpressionFactoryResolver {
 
     public static ExpressionFactory resolveExpressionFactory() {
-        // Return instance of custom JUEL implementation
-        return new ExpressionFactoryImpl();
+        return ExpressionFactory.newInstance();
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-form-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/form/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java b/modules/flowable-form-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/form/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java
index fab0f878fc16d40edefbdcd4b3665e81ab868027..b7390d7938f70c60c9c192539571a53aa3308271 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-form-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/form/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-form-engine/src/main/java/org/flowable/form/engine/impl/el/ExpressionFactoryResolver.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ package org.flowable.form.engine.impl.el;
 
 import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
 
-import de.odysseus.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl;
-
 /**
  * Class used to get hold of a {@link ExpressionFactory}.
  * 
@@ -26,6 +24,6 @@ public abstract class ExpressionFactoryResolver {
 
     public static ExpressionFactory resolveExpressionFactory() {
         // Return instance of custom JUEL implementation
-        return new ExpressionFactoryImpl();
+        return ExpressionFactory.newInstance();
     }
 }