diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f07da2340b9c..34d4730d1050 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
             <!-- database support - ORM -->
             <groupId>com.j256.ormlite</groupId>
             <artifactId>ormlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7</version>
+            <version>6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- database support - H2 db engine (main db) -->