diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2128f6b86..7a8967038 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
          <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-         <version>4.3.0.Final</version>
+         <version>5.4.24.Final</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
          <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>