Our build is on Derby 10.14 since Spring Framework 5.3.x, due to Java 8 compatibility (since Derby 10.15 requires Java 9+). For Spring Framework 6.0, we can easily upgrade to Derby 10.16 now, and also adapt to the different artifact for Derby's EmbeddedDriver which lives in org.apache.derby:derbytools now. This is just a build adaptation which does not affect runtime compatibility with older Derby versions.