diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c86cb85..2ca1cc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.0.Final</version>
+                <version>5.3.5.Final</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>