diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4d82b3..d046479 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <properties>
         <logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>4.2.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.5</spring.version>
     </properties>