diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20630187..3a61a31e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <flyway.version>6.2.3</flyway.version>
         <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.5.0</hsqldb.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.6</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <jdbi.version>2.78</jdbi.version>