diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2414a84b2ac4045b29e941daf1bdbbea77013219..48750da3ef477471c476604d0ecd8ca48364ba3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <!-- Versions of XWiki dependencies used in Platform modules -->
     <rendering.version>${platform.version}</rendering.version>
     <!-- Version of HSQLDB that we use in Platform when import XARs for creating functional test environments -->
-    <hsqldb.version>2.5.1</hsqldb.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.5.2</hsqldb.version>
 
     <!-- Dependencies versions -->
     <ckeditor.version>1.53.2</ckeditor.version>