diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5cc6c26f2..dc276029c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ dependencies {
   // Databases
   implementation 'org.influxdb:influxdb-java:2.25'
   implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.12.0'
-  runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.12' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
+  runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.13' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
 
   implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.22.0' // I/O functionalities
   implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.22.0' // needed by commons-compress