diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index e2781d4ef7..598e75ae4b 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sap.cloud.db.jdbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>ngdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.10</version>
+            <version>2.26.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>