diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb5cfa5da..14e4714ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-		    <version>9.4.1212</version>
+		    <version>42.3.9</version>
 		</dependency>
         <!-- database driver end-->