diff --git a/org.freejava.sampleapphtml/webapp/pom.xml b/org.freejava.sampleapphtml/webapp/pom.xml
index 0cda7ac..595a7a3 100644
--- a/org.freejava.sampleapphtml/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/org.freejava.sampleapphtml/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
-    <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.19</spring.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>