diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
index 2bbd53f44d968..37a542e8cd109 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.14.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.17.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>