diff --git a/xa/java/department-helidon-jpa-postgres/pom.xml b/xa/java/department-helidon-jpa-postgres/pom.xml
index 08d8d271..86b961fd 100644
--- a/xa/java/department-helidon-jpa-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/xa/java/department-helidon-jpa-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>42.3.3</version>
+            <version>42.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>