diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f72b1278..c637596f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-		    <version>9.4.1212</version>
+		    <version>42.3.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- common-annotations for JSE 5 -->