diff --git a/boms/tomee-microprofile/pom.xml b/boms/tomee-microprofile/pom.xml
index 074c677..1e57eb0 100644
--- a/boms/tomee-microprofile/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/tomee-microprofile/pom.xml
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
diff --git a/boms/tomee-plume/pom.xml b/boms/tomee-plume/pom.xml
index ce8fa9e..f0a36a0 100644
--- a/boms/tomee-plume/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/tomee-plume/pom.xml
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
diff --git a/boms/tomee-plus/pom.xml b/boms/tomee-plus/pom.xml
index ca3a8d5..afdc41c 100644
--- a/boms/tomee-plus/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/tomee-plus/pom.xml
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
diff --git a/boms/tomee-webprofile/pom.xml b/boms/tomee-webprofile/pom.xml
index 05ae737..d9d070e 100644
--- a/boms/tomee-webprofile/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/tomee-webprofile/pom.xml
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 089e2ff..b7cdaff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,11 +206,7 @@
     <log4j2.version>2.0.1</log4j2.version>
     <osgi.framework.version>4.2.0</osgi.framework.version>
     <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
-    <!--
-      Some modules from the 'examples' like 'testing-security' have test failures
-      with a hsqldb version > 2.3.5
-    -->
-    <version.hsqldb>2.3.5</version.hsqldb>
+    <version.hsqldb>2.3.2</version.hsqldb>
     <version.axiom>1.2.20</version.axiom>
     <version.xalan>2.7.2</version.xalan>
     <version.hibernate>5.4.10.Final</version.hibernate>