diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5125b7a..1b75d48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
 		<hibernate.version>3.6.7.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<source.version>1.7</source.version>
 		<target.version>${source.version}</target.version>