diff --git a/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml b/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml
index af05d1f0dea..da9b82e68a6 100644
--- a/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/external/storm-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.3</version>
+            <version>2.7.4</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>