diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 4f513806e..ea820843d 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ mkdir -p /tmp/jenkins-home
 
 export JENKINS_USER=${JENKINS_USER_NAME}
 export SDN_FORCE_REUSE_OF_CONTAINERS=true
-export SDN_NEO4J_VERSION=5.20
+export SDN_NEO4J_VERSION=5.26.2
 
 MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=${JENKINS_USER} -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home -Dscan=false" \
   ./mvnw -s settings.xml -P${PROFILE} clean dependency:list verify -Dsort -U -B -Dmaven.repo.local=/tmp/jenkins-home/.m2/spring-data-neo4j -Ddevelocity.storage.directory=/tmp/jenkins-home/.develocity-root