diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6832b15a87c9cbc23513a1d45cec82bcadc73b0..1197460ba5c0f11d05ee8bf22b12b2481e67a0bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <!-- Versions of JDBC connectors we want to use in our distribution, in our tests and when using build tools -->
     <hsqldb.groupId>org.hsqldb</hsqldb.groupId>
     <hsqldb.artifactId>hsqldb</hsqldb.artifactId>
-    <hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
     <mysql.groupId>com.mysql</mysql.groupId>
     <mysql.artifactId>mysql-connector-j</mysql.artifactId>
     <mysql.version>8.0.33</mysql.version>