diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index c0a35375a5a..90a97008399 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -558,7 +558,11 @@ bom {
 			javadoc("https://javadoc.io/doc/com.zaxxer/HikariCP/{version}", "com.zaxxer.hikari")
 		}
 	}
-	library("HSQLDB", "2.7.4") {
+	library("HSQLDB", "2.7.3") {
+		prohibit {
+			versionRange "[2.7.4]"
+			because "it contains a bug that breaks Spring Data (https://sourceforge.net/p/hsqldb/bugs/1725/)"
+		}
 		group("org.hsqldb") {
 			modules = [
 				"hsqldb"