diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e35bfb380..ac198d200 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 	<jruby.version>1.7.14</jruby.version>
-        <spring.version>3.1.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <maven.compile.encoding>UTF-8</maven.compile.encoding>