diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fde67a3..74758cf3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         <junit-launcher.version>1.7.2</junit-launcher.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>5.3.6</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <spring-security.version>5.5.1</spring-security.version>
         <spring-security-kerberos.version>1.0.1.RELEASE</spring-security-kerberos.version>
         <spring-security-ldap.version>5.5.1</spring-security-ldap.version>