diff --git a/pentaho-aggdesigner-core/pom.xml b/pentaho-aggdesigner-core/pom.xml
index 8d2902f17..b0492c100 100644
--- a/pentaho-aggdesigner-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pentaho-aggdesigner-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <properties>
     <mysql.username>root</mysql.username>
     <mysql-dist.version>5.6.14</mysql-dist.version>
-    <mysql-connector-java.version>6.0.6</mysql-connector-java.version>
+    <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.13</mysql-connector-java.version>
     <mysql.driver>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</mysql.driver>
     <jcabi-mysql-maven-plugin.version>0.8.2</jcabi-mysql-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.8</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.2</version>
+      <version>2.7.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pentaho-aggdesigner-ui/pom.xml b/pentaho-aggdesigner-ui/pom.xml
index b4c2109c5..46a057817 100644
--- a/pentaho-aggdesigner-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/pentaho-aggdesigner-ui/pom.xml
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.2</version>
+      <version>2.7.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>