diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 594da8c368..b328973a9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     <at.sign>@</at.sign>
 
     <bdb-version>7.4.5</bdb-version>
-    <derby-version>10.14.2.0</derby-version>
+    <derby-version>10.17.1.0</derby-version>
     <logback-version>1.4.14</logback-version>
     <logback-db-version>1.2.11.1</logback-db-version>
     <guava-version>33.0.0-jre</guava-version>