diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ab41147c..9994df89a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <spring-data-releasetrain.version>Moore-RELEASE</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.6.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.17.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.5.0</hsqldb.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.28</slf4j.version>