diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 38e055bc..63bed6f7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.2</version>
+            <version>2.7.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Logging framework implements slf4j which is required by hikari-->