diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f78bdf9..51e0130 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <hive.version.short>1.2.1</hive.version.short>
     <!-- note that this should be compatible with Kafka brokers version 0.10 and up -->
     <kafka.version>2.1.0</kafka.version>
-    <derby.version>10.12.1.1</derby.version>
+    <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
     <parquet.version>1.10.0</parquet.version>
     <orc.version>1.5.4</orc.version>
     <orc.classifier>nohive</orc.classifier>