diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91cf5b31fc..dd90560732 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <!-- These in-memory DBs are used by jOOQ-meta-extensions and a variety of integration tests -->
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
         <sqlite.version>3.30.1</sqlite.version>
-        <derby.version>10.15.2.0</derby.version>
+        <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.5.1</hsqldb.version>
 
         <!-- From JDK 11 onwards, we need to depend on the JAXB API explicitly -->