diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be52e88e8a..89945f2a20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.1</version>
+                <version>2.7.1</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>