diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d0b22f52c..8441537d65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <flexmark.version>0.62.2</flexmark.version> <!-- 0.64.0 and above require JDK >= 11 to execute -->
     <freshcookies-security.version>0.60</freshcookies-security.version>
     <gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
-    <hsqldb.version>2.6.1</hsqldb.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.7.0</hsqldb.version>
     <jamm.version>0.3.3</jamm.version>
     <jaxen.version>1.2.0</jaxen.version>
     <javax-jstl.version>1.2</javax-jstl.version>