diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 935efec53b64..e780f179d26f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <hibernate.version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <spring.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <spring-boot.version>1.3.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-data.version>1.9.2.RELEASE</spring-data.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.190</h2.version>