diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7ff849526f..32fe13d422 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 
 kotlinVersion=1.5.21
-tomcatVersion=9.0.52
+tomcatVersion=9.0.53
 
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TldPatterns.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TldPatterns.java
index 48a312e190..0b8b07b564 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TldPatterns.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TldPatterns.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ final class TldPatterns {
 		skipPatterns.add("commons-logging*.jar");
 		skipPatterns.add("commons-math*.jar");
 		skipPatterns.add("commons-pool*.jar");
+		skipPatterns.add("derby-*.jar");
 		skipPatterns.add("dom4j-*.jar");
 		skipPatterns.add("easymock-*.jar");
 		skipPatterns.add("ecj-*.jar");