diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c8922c313cb..46549fbfb88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        java: [11, 17, 21, 22-ea]
+        java: [17, 21, 22-ea]
         distribution: ['temurin']
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 4
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5778bc6cb8..64345921997 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -224,19 +224,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.16.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derbyshared</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.16.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derbyoptionaltools</artifactId>
-      <version>10.15.2.0</version>
+      <version>10.16.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
       <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>11.2.0.jre8</version>
+      <version>12.4.2.jre8</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>