diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3cd0d2ec301..2985d1a838a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <mssql-jdbc.version>9.2.0.jre8</mssql-jdbc.version>
         <!-- this is the oracle driver version also used in the Quarkus BOM -->
         <oracledb.version>19.3</oracledb.version>
-        <oracle-jdbc.version>21.5.0.0</oracle-jdbc.version>
+        <oracle-jdbc.version>23.2.0.0</oracle-jdbc.version>
 
         <!-- Test -->
         <greenmail.version>2.1.0-alpha-1</greenmail.version>