diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb76405..334a0aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Account Registration Webapp</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring-security.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>