diff --git a/synthetic-population-service/pom.xml b/synthetic-population-service/pom.xml
index 3d71bf29c..f651db806 100644
--- a/synthetic-population-service/pom.xml
+++ b/synthetic-population-service/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>9.4-1201-jdbc41</version>
+            <version>42.3.7</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>