diff --git a/registration-processor-opencrvs-stage/pom.xml b/registration-processor-opencrvs-stage/pom.xml
index 8dbce8b..2102ed9 100644
--- a/registration-processor-opencrvs-stage/pom.xml
+++ b/registration-processor-opencrvs-stage/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		<apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.6</apache.httpcomponents.version>
 		<spring-framework.version>5.0.6.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
 		<spring-cloud-config.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-cloud-config.version>
-		<spring.boot.version>2.0.2.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
+		<spring.boot.version>2.5.12</spring.boot.version>
 		<mockito.version>3.4.4</mockito.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.195</h2.version>
 		<vertx.version>3.9.1</vertx.version>