diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8a0721e..2c11c2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<spring.version>5.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
 		<!-- allowed values: R7, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 or none -->
 		<wtp.version>none</wtp.version>
         <kotlin.version>1.3.50</kotlin.version>