diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ed5e28f3f..d26b4da720 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <createSource>none</createSource>
         <createSources>false</createSources>
         <!-- common JDBC driver versions -->
-        <derby.version>10.15.2.0</derby.version>
+        <derby.version>10.17.1.0</derby.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
         <mysql.connector.version>5.1.49</mysql.connector.version>
         <mariadb.connector.version>2.7.2</mariadb.connector.version>