diff --git a/annotator/unisyn/pom.xml b/annotator/unisyn/pom.xml
index ef5ad9fb9..54e462ce3 100644
--- a/annotator/unisyn/pom.xml
+++ b/annotator/unisyn/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.17.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>