diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 198455f9b4..08e0236110 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sap.cloud.db.jdbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>ngdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.10</version>
+            <version>2.23.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>