diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4deb4b97c08..0d0ce7241eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
             <!-- 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) -->