diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2d19b7a28d..9b71cbd7b89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
     <frontend.groupId>com.github.cbioportal</frontend.groupId>
     <spring.version>5.2.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <spring.integration.version>5.3.0.RELEASE</spring.integration.version>
-    <spring.security.version>5.3.1.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
+    <spring.security.version>5.7.2</spring.security.version>
     <spring.social.version>1.1.6.RELEASE</spring.social.version>
     <jackson.version>2.13.0</jackson.version>
     <mysql-connector.version>5.1.48</mysql-connector.version>