diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19b82ac1e9..d1b2320400 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <version.org.kohsuke.metainf-services.metainf-services>1.11</version.org.kohsuke.metainf-services.metainf-services>
         <version.junit.junit>4.13.1</version.junit.junit>
         <version.jmockit>1.34</version.jmockit>
-        <version.hsqldb>2.4.0</version.hsqldb>
+        <version.hsqldb>2.7.1</version.hsqldb>
         <version.org.glassfish.jakarta.json>2.0.0</version.org.glassfish.jakarta.json>
         <version.net.minidev.json-smart>2.4.9</version.net.minidev.json-smart>
         <version.com.nimbusds.nimbus-jose-jwt>9.31</version.com.nimbusds.nimbus-jose-jwt>
diff --git a/tests/base/pom.xml b/tests/base/pom.xml
index 0570237d5a..14601d8e9a 100644
--- a/tests/base/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/base/pom.xml
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.7.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>