diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa22698f..a8ee83f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <jhipster-dependencies.version>0.1.14</jhipster-dependencies.version>
         <!-- The spring-boot version should match the one managed by
         https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.jhipster/jhipster-dependencies/${jhipster-dependencies.version} -->
-        <spring-boot.version>1.5.18.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.1.8.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <!-- The hibernate version should match the one managed by
         https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.jhipster/jhipster-dependencies/${jhipster-dependencies.version} -->
         <hibernate.version>5.2.12.Final</hibernate.version>