diff --git a/databases/pgsql/matrix.gradle b/databases/pgsql/matrix.gradle
index d2ba7e5c9c..9536407774 100644
--- a/databases/pgsql/matrix.gradle
+++ b/databases/pgsql/matrix.gradle
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
  * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
  */
-jdbcDependency 'org.postgresql:postgresql:9.4.1208'
+jdbcDependency 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.2.2'
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle b/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
index 92874300da..06d4cdff1e 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mavenPom {
 dependencies {
     compile(project(':hibernate-core'))
 
-    compile('org.postgresql:postgresql:42.1.4')
+    compile( libraries.postgresql )
     compile([group: 'org.geolatte', name: 'geolatte-geom', version: '1.2.0'])
 
     compile(libraries.dom4j) {
diff --git a/libraries.gradle b/libraries.gradle
index 3befc8173b..329d8b4802 100644
--- a/libraries.gradle
+++ b/libraries.gradle
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ext {
             h2:              "com.h2database:h2:${h2Version}",
             hsqldb:          "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.3.2",
             derby:           "org.apache.derby:derby:10.11.1.1",
-            postgresql:      'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.1.1',
+            postgresql:      'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.2.2',
             mysql:           'mysql:mysql-connector-java:6.0.5',
             mariadb:         'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.2.3',