diff --git a/framework/dependencies.yml b/framework/dependencies.yml
index 92dfc7d91a..be82633914 100644
--- a/framework/dependencies.yml
+++ b/framework/dependencies.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ transitiveDependencies: false
 require:    &allDependencies
     - antlr 2.7.7
     - com.mchange -> c3p0 0.9.5.2
-    - com.zaxxer -> HikariCP 2.6.3
+    - com.zaxxer -> HikariCP 2.7.9
     - org.ow2.asm -> asm-all 5.2
     - cglib -> cglib 3.2.4
     - com.google.code.gson -> gson 2.8.0
diff --git a/framework/lib/HikariCP-2.6.3.jar b/framework/lib/HikariCP-2.6.3.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index aea122110f..0000000000
Binary files a/framework/lib/HikariCP-2.6.3.jar and /dev/null differ