diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec63f9e..c117198 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- type safe JDBC queries -->