diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6bf75477..34121e46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <!-- The JDBC Driver used by the portlet -->
         <jdbc.groupId>org.hsqldb</jdbc.groupId>
         <jdbc.artifactId>hsqldb</jdbc.artifactId>
-        <jdbc.version>2.5.0</jdbc.version>
+        <jdbc.version>2.7.1</jdbc.version>
 
         <!-- Utility libraries -->
         <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>