diff --git a/opensrp-acl/pom.xml b/opensrp-acl/pom.xml
index e5b37944..7cd10369 100644
--- a/opensrp-acl/pom.xml
+++ b/opensrp-acl/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</project.version>
-		<org.springframework-version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
+		<org.springframework-version>5.3.19</org.springframework-version>
 		<org.aspectj-version>1.6.10</org.aspectj-version>
 		<org.slf4j-version>1.6.6</org.slf4j-version>
 		<ektorp.version>1.4.2</ektorp.version>
diff --git a/opensrp-web/pom.xml b/opensrp-web/pom.xml
index aa4ad369..6dc84ee2 100644
--- a/opensrp-web/pom.xml
+++ b/opensrp-web/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<name>opensrp-web</name>
 
 	<properties>
-		<org.springframework-version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
+		<org.springframework-version>5.3.19</org.springframework-version>
 		<org.aspectj-version>1.6.10</org.aspectj-version>
 		<org.slf4j-version>1.6.6</org.slf4j-version>
 		<ektorp.version>1.4.2</ektorp.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf7639f9..ff905046 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </modules>
   
   <properties>
-		<org.springframework-version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
+		<org.springframework-version>5.3.19</org.springframework-version>
 		<org.aspectj-version>1.6.10</org.aspectj-version>
 		<org.slf4j-version>1.6.6</org.slf4j-version>
 		<ektorp.version>1.4.2</ektorp.version>