diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4657d1bd..c52229fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
         <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.3</version>
+        <version>7.0.2</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>