diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index d4f7646523..2bee2ab936 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
     // data layer dependencies
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation'
-    implementation 'io.hypersistence:hypersistence-utils-hibernate-62:3.5.2' // this provides additional types for JsonB and for ListArray types in Postgres
+    implementation 'io.hypersistence:hypersistence-utils-hibernate-62:3.7.6' // this provides additional types for JsonB and for ListArray types in Postgres
     implementation 'org.liquibase:liquibase-core:4.27.0'
     implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.6.1'
 
diff --git a/backend/gradle.lockfile b/backend/gradle.lockfile
index 13259ed01e..ea31d33bc4 100644
--- a/backend/gradle.lockfile
+++ b/backend/gradle.lockfile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ io.github.openfeign.form:feign-form:3.8.0=compileClasspath,runtimeClasspath
 io.github.openfeign:feign-core:12.4=compileClasspath,runtimeClasspath
 io.github.openfeign:feign-slf4j:12.4=compileClasspath,runtimeClasspath
 io.hypersistence:hypersistence-tsid:2.1.1=compileClasspath,runtimeClasspath
-io.hypersistence:hypersistence-utils-hibernate-62:3.5.2=compileClasspath,runtimeClasspath
+io.hypersistence:hypersistence-utils-hibernate-62:3.7.6=compileClasspath,runtimeClasspath
 io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.11.2=compileClasspath
 io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:0.11.5=runtimeClasspath
 io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:0.11.5=runtimeClasspath