diff --git a/java/driver/jdbc-validation-postgresql/pom.xml b/java/driver/jdbc-validation-postgresql/pom.xml
index c4e60891a1..54d2f95d70 100644
--- a/java/driver/jdbc-validation-postgresql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/driver/jdbc-validation-postgresql/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>42.4.3</version>
+      <version>42.7.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>