diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6782d17e..0b561973 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derbyoptionaltools</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.16.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>