diff --git a/modules/db/pom.xml b/modules/db/pom.xml
index 46beca9e953..7ff0552cbd8 100644
--- a/modules/db/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/db/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>42.5.3</version>
+      <version>42.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- runtime dependency for postgresql -->