diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2390516b11d..34c60fa55f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <pgsql.version>42.7.5</pgsql.version>
     <oracle.groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</oracle.groupId>
     <oracle.artifactId>ojdbc11</oracle.artifactId>
-    <oracle.version>21.17.0.0</oracle.version>
+    <oracle.version>21.18.0.0</oracle.version>
   </properties>
   <scm>
     <tag>HEAD</tag>