diff --git a/activemq-jdbc-store/pom.xml b/activemq-jdbc-store/pom.xml
index 19820dcd89..285a4751a9 100644
--- a/activemq-jdbc-store/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-jdbc-store/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+      <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>activeio-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml b/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
index ee2bbbcb5f..7ecd446273 100644
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+      <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xalan</groupId>
       <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 9d328502ff..d7000154e3 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+      <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee9c6ac05c..49d9ca932c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <mockito-version>3.8.0</mockito-version>
     <owasp-dependency-check-version>5.2.4</owasp-dependency-check-version>
     <mqtt-client-version>1.16</mqtt-client-version>
-    <org-apache-derby-version>10.14.2.0</org-apache-derby-version>
+    <org-apache-derby-version>10.15.2.0</org-apache-derby-version>
     <osgi-version>6.0.0</osgi-version>
     <linkedin-zookeeper-version>1.4.0</linkedin-zookeeper-version>
     <zookeeper-version>3.4.14</zookeeper-version>
@@ -774,6 +774,11 @@
         <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
         <version>${org-apache-derby-version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+        <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
+        <version>${org-apache-derby-version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
         <artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>