diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 217524a5d..ec73fb59c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 		<!-- databases and jdbc drivers -->
 		<!-- note that these currently do not control the versions of databases used via Testcontainers for testing -->
-		<db2.version>11.5.7.0</db2.version>
+		<db2.version>11.5.8.0</db2.version>
 		<h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
 		<hsqldb.version>2.7.1</hsqldb.version>
 		<mariadb-java-client.version>3.1.3</mariadb-java-client.version>