diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01cf42a88a..43ff58ff63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <ehcache.version>2.6.11</ehcache.version>
         <!-- Don't change this version without also changing the shiro-hazelcast and shiro-features OSGi metadata: -->
         <hazelcast.version>5.3.7</hazelcast.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
         <javax.annotation.api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation.api.version>
         <jcache.api.version>1.1.1</jcache.api.version>
         <jdk.version>11</jdk.version>