diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 17fb4e4703a..16ee0b6d37a 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   )
 
   val jdbcDeps = Seq(
-    ("com.zaxxer" % "HikariCP" % "4.0.2")
+    ("com.zaxxer" % "HikariCP" % "4.0.3")
       .exclude("org.slf4j", "slf4j-api"), // fetches slf4j 2.0.0-alpha1, but Play (still) uses 1.7, see https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP/pull/1669
     "com.googlecode.usc" % "jdbcdslog" % "1.0.6.2",
     h2database           % Test,