diff --git a/modules/db/pom.xml b/modules/db/pom.xml
index 2f878e68f50..83f2bca0565 100644
--- a/modules/db/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/db/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>42.7.2</version>
+      <version>42.7.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- runtime dependency for postgresql -->