diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index a01ad7980d..cd8bd84076 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		<hibernate.version>5.2.9.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.4.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<hikaricp.version>2.5.1</hikaricp.version>
-		<hsqldb.version>2.3.3</hsqldb.version>
+		<hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
 		<htmlunit.version>2.26</htmlunit.version>
 		<httpasyncclient.version>4.1.3</httpasyncclient.version>
 		<httpclient.version>4.5.3</httpclient.version>