diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 550a2f9346..8c7b9b04d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.4</lombok.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>