diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0e8c47b8..d45433415 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <h2.version>1.4.199</h2.version>
         <hibernate-commons-annotations.version>5.1.2.Final</hibernate-commons-annotations.version>
         <hibernate-core.version>5.3.37.Final</hibernate-core.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.6.1</hsqldb.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.4</hsqldb.version>
         <javaee-api.version>8.0.1</javaee-api.version>
 	    <javax.activation-api.version>1.2.0</javax.activation-api.version>
 	    <javax.persistence-api.version>2.2</javax.persistence-api.version>