diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57da3d3dd..52efacb22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <derbydb.version>10.11.1.1</derbydb.version>
     <aspectj.version>1.8.4</aspectj.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
-    <hibernate.version>4.3.8.Final</hibernate.version>
+    <hibernate.version>5.3.20.Final</hibernate.version>
     <hibernate.validator.version>4.3.2.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
     <scala.major.version>2.11</scala.major.version>
     <scala.minor.version>4</scala.minor.version>