diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
index 021c1e65ab5..b9d98b4e432 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.17.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>