diff --git a/retail/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml b/retail/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml
index 0515216b..5b8c47ab 100644
--- a/retail/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/retail/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>42.4.1</version>
+            <version>42.4.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>