diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2a034919b..dcd0ac97a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 		<eclipselink>3.0.3</eclipselink>
 		<hibernate>6.1.4.Final</hibernate>
+		<hsqldb>2.7.1</hsqldb>
 		<jsqlparser>4.5</jsqlparser>
 		<mysql-connector-java>8.0.31</mysql-connector-java>
 		<postgresql>42.5.0</postgresql>
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
index ccba6b4cc7..8b8c12b780 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5.1</version>
+			<version>${hsqldb}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -413,5 +413,5 @@
 
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-	
+
 </project>