diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fdc07987..cd4fdd997 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <cdap.plugin.version>2.11.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.plugin.version>
     <guava.version>13.0.1</guava.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.3.0</hadoop.version>
-    <hsql.version>2.2.4</hsql.version>
+    <hsql.version>2.7.1</hsql.version>
     <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <mockrunner.version>2.0.1</mockrunner.version>
     <mockito.version>3.3.3</mockito.version>