diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f43e53278..154d01ee3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <lucene.version>3.0.3</lucene.version>
     <cxfVersion>2.4.3</cxfVersion>
-    <derbyVersion>10.1.3.1</derbyVersion>
+    <derbyVersion>10.8.2.2</derbyVersion>
     <javaxMailVersion>1.4</javaxMailVersion>
   </properties>