diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdf6f392..18ac3d80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <joda-time.version>2.10.5</joda-time.version>
         <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
         <resource-server.version>1.3.1</resource-server.version>
-        <spring.version>4.3.26.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.22.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-ldap.version>2.3.2.RELEASE</spring-ldap.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>