diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c10d2102..9e211147a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <!-- database driver versions -->
         <version.h2>1.4.200</version.h2>
         <version.db2>11.1.1.1</version.db2>
-        <version.postgres>42.2.11</version.postgres>
+        <version.postgres>42.2.12</version.postgres>
         <!-- used by jacoco to collect coverage -->
         <argLine></argLine>
     </properties>