diff --git a/gtfs-realtime-validator-webapp/pom.xml b/gtfs-realtime-validator-webapp/pom.xml
index 99cfc0b8..ab98b2fa 100644
--- a/gtfs-realtime-validator-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/gtfs-realtime-validator-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>