diff --git a/dynamic-orm-examples/example-test-qmodels/pom.xml b/dynamic-orm-examples/example-test-qmodels/pom.xml
index 5b02247..cfed3bc 100644
--- a/dynamic-orm-examples/example-test-qmodels/pom.xml
+++ b/dynamic-orm-examples/example-test-qmodels/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                         <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.6.1</version>
+                        <version>2.7.1</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                         <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.6.1</version>
+                        <version>2.7.1</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-simple -->
                     <dependency>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                                <version>2.6.1</version>
+                                <version>2.7.1</version>
                             </dependency>
                         </dependencies>
                     </plugin>
diff --git a/dynamic-orm-examples/pom.xml b/dynamic-orm-examples/pom.xml
index 4065637..142db60 100644
--- a/dynamic-orm-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/dynamic-orm-examples/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.1</version>
+            <version>2.7.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 136b5e5..6a9f214 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.1</version>
+                <version>2.7.1</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>