diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13dfab1026..62d4cd67bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     <htmlunit.version>4.13.0</htmlunit.version>
     <httpclient.version>5.3.1</httpclient.version>
-    <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
     <jackson.version>2.17.1</jackson.version>
     <jakarta.activation.api.version>2.1.3</jakarta.activation.api.version>
     <jakarta.activation.version>2.0.1</jakarta.activation.version>