diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 87463e031..c4ae2dcff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <spring.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring-security.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
-        <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.0.2.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <mysql-connector.version>5.1.35</mysql-connector.version>
         <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>