diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 0063160b38..c23eb9918b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ hazelcast3 = "3.12.13"
 hdrhistogram = "2.1.12"
 hibernate = "5.6.15.Final"
 # 2.6.0 requires JDK 11
-hsqldb = "2.5.2"
+hsqldb = "2.7.2"
 httpcomponents-async = "4.1.5"
 httpcomponents-client = "4.5.14"
 httpcomponents-client5 = "5.2.1"