diff --git a/annotator/labelmapper/pom.xml b/annotator/labelmapper/pom.xml
index 5a5affb00..cbeb2e3a2 100644
--- a/annotator/labelmapper/pom.xml
+++ b/annotator/labelmapper/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.17.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>