diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fb004f9845..c2e190aee0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.6</version>
+                <version>2.7.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>