diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8cb566976..de597b3f18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     </developers>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spring.version>4.1.9.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.security.version>3.2.9.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <maven.source.plugin.version>2.2.1</maven.source.plugin.version>
         <thymeleaf.version>2.1.4.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>