diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7bccb4df16..3f37241f8d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <flexmark.version>0.64.8</flexmark.version>
     <freshcookies-security.version>0.60</freshcookies-security.version>
     <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
-    <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.7.4</hsqldb.version>
     <jamm.version>0.4.0</jamm.version>
     <jaxen.version>2.0.0</jaxen.version>
     <javax-jstl.version>1.2</javax-jstl.version>