diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b2c9fd7..6b680638 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@
         <!-- versions of JDBC drivers -->
 
         <version.com.h2database>2.2.224</version.com.h2database>
-        <!-- 12.2.0.jre8 has non-optional import for jdk.net package -->
-        <version.com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc>12.3.1.jre8-preview</version.com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc>
+        <version.com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc>12.6.1.jre8</version.com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc>
         <version.com.oracle.database.jdbc>23.2.0.0</version.com.oracle.database.jdbc>
         <!-- see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/connector-j-upgrading-to-8.0.html -->
         <version.com.mysql>8.3.0</version.com.mysql>