diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 464c6395..ca629425 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.compiler.source>1.8</java.compiler.source>
     <java.compiler.target>1.8</java.compiler.target>
-    <org.springframework.version>4.0.7.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+    <org.springframework.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
     <metrics.version>2.1.2</metrics.version>
     <spring-ldap-core.version>2.0.3.RELEASE</spring-ldap-core.version>
     <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.3</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>