Significance level (p) depends on effect size, sample size, among other things.
Given that your sample size is small, p is higher than .05, which is foreseeable.
Alternatively said, even there is strong relationship between 2 variables (big effect size), as long as you have a small sample size, all else being equal, you are likely to obtain non-sig. results.
Your p-value is .088, which is lower than .10. You may still claim it as marginally significant. Not too bad....