diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4c11ac..9d1845d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <commons-dbcp2.version>2.1.1</commons-dbcp2.version>
     <kafka.clients.version>1.0.0</kafka.clients.version>
     <threetenbp.version>1.3.3</threetenbp.version>
-    <spring.version>4.3.18.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <autovalue.annotations.version>1.6</autovalue.annotations.version>
     <autovalue.version>1.6.2</autovalue.version>
     <excluded.spanner.tests>com.google.cloud.teleport.spanner.IntegrationTest</excluded.spanner.tests>