diff --git a/cypher/pom.xml b/cypher/pom.xml
index 37de93049f..8534cacd2d 100644
--- a/cypher/pom.xml
+++ b/cypher/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <license-text.header>../build/GPL-3-header.txt</license-text.header>
         <scala.version>2.11.8</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.3.2</hsqldb.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>