diff --git a/author-profiling-service/pom.xml b/author-profiling-service/pom.xml
index 13ad7d6..51c42f2 100644
--- a/author-profiling-service/pom.xml
+++ b/author-profiling-service/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>4.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>5.3.18</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>