diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f858b12191..797a508ca8d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     <derby.version>10.17.1.0</derby.version>
     <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
     <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
-    <mssql-jdbc.version>12.6.2.jre11</mssql-jdbc.version>
+    <mssql-jdbc.version>12.8.0.jre11</mssql-jdbc.version>
     <testcontainers.version>1.20.1</testcontainers.version>
 
     <!-- Add slow test groups here and annotate classes similar to @Tag('groupName'). -->