diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fca337f..520b387 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version> <!-- 10.16 is java 17 -->
+      <version>10.17.1.0</version> <!-- 10.16 is java 17 -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>