diff --git a/jakarta-data/pom.xml b/jakarta-data/pom.xml
index 44fe9f77a..99760f0bf 100644
--- a/jakarta-data/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta-data/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
         <!-- dependencies -->
         <quarkus.version>3.13.0</quarkus.version>
-        <hibernate.version>6.6.0.CR1</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>7.0.0.Beta1</hibernate.version>
         <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.34</lombok.version>
         <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>