diff --git a/java/driver/jdbc-validation-derby/pom.xml b/java/driver/jdbc-validation-derby/pom.xml
index b0931a47fe..96852a85c0 100644
--- a/java/driver/jdbc-validation-derby/pom.xml
+++ b/java/driver/jdbc-validation-derby/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.14.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.17.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>