diff --git a/appng-application-bom/pom.xml b/appng-application-bom/pom.xml
index d25f8f1cf..9fd3050cd 100644
--- a/appng-application-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/appng-application-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5.0</version>
+				<version>2.7.1</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>