diff --git a/extensions/kafka-connect-jdbc/pom.xml b/extensions/kafka-connect-jdbc/pom.xml
index a0c3cf0512d..2f35d1bd1e1 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-connect-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/kafka-connect-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
+        <derby.version>10.17.1.0</derby.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
         <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.11.1</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
         <sqlite-jdbc.version>3.41.2.2</sqlite-jdbc.version>