diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c5ae75862..0f783b6a57 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <xmlunit.version>2.9.1</xmlunit.version>
 
         <!-- JDBC driver versions -->
-        <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
+        <derby.version>10.17.1.0</derby.version>
         <frontbase.driver.version>4.1</frontbase.driver.version>
         <h2.version>2.2.220</h2.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.7.4</hsqldb.version>