diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02eb0c81..9f5b7f37 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <spring.version>4.0.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
   </properties>