diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a5389b763..d55c02aaf8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <quartz.version>1.6.1</quartz.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <spring.version>3.2.17.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>1.4.1.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>1.4.4.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
 
         <!-- Test 3rd-party dependencies: -->