diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2aa535..003df05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.1</version>
+            <version>2.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven/maven-model -->
         <dependency>