diff --git a/aspose-barcode-demo/pom.xml b/aspose-barcode-demo/pom.xml
index d5a9bbaf..374b2f4e 100644
--- a/aspose-barcode-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/aspose-barcode-demo/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.plugin.version>12.0.0</project.build.plugin.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <aspose.version>23.4</aspose.version>
+    <aspose.version>24.3</aspose.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/doc-factory/pom.xml b/doc-factory/pom.xml
index 66c25203..1d74a50e 100644
--- a/doc-factory/pom.xml
+++ b/doc-factory/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.plugin.version>12.0.0</project.build.plugin.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <aspose.version>23.4</aspose.version>
+    <aspose.version>24.4</aspose.version>
   </properties>
  
   <repositories>
diff --git a/doc-factory/src/ch/ivyteam/ivy/addons/docfactory/aspose/document/DocumentBlankPageRemover.java b/doc-factory/src/ch/ivyteam/ivy/addons/docfactory/aspose/document/DocumentBlankPageRemover.java
index 0759f8ad..eb06994c 100644
--- a/doc-factory/src/ch/ivyteam/ivy/addons/docfactory/aspose/document/DocumentBlankPageRemover.java
+++ b/doc-factory/src/ch/ivyteam/ivy/addons/docfactory/aspose/document/DocumentBlankPageRemover.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.aspose.words.LayoutCollector;
 import com.aspose.words.Node;
 import com.aspose.words.NodeCollection;
+import com.aspose.words.NodeType;
 import com.aspose.words.Paragraph;
 import com.aspose.words.ParagraphCollection;
 import com.aspose.words.SaveFormat;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ private static boolean isPageEmpty(int page, Document document) throws Exception
       ParagraphCollection pc = section.getBody().getParagraphs();
       for (Paragraph p : pc) {
         if (lc.getStartPageIndex(p) == page) {
-          NodeCollection<?> nodes = p.getChildNodes();
+          NodeCollection<?> nodes = p.getChildNodes(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, false);
           for (Node node : nodes) {
             pageText += node.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT).trim();
           }