diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c700d21..5b5a8c63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
   <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
-  <spring.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+  <spring.version>5.2.22.RELEASE</spring.version>
   <spring-batch.version>2.2.5.RELEASE</spring-batch.version>
   <spring-security.version>3.2.1.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
   <spring-social.version>1.1.0.RC1</spring-social.version>