diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c68815..aafd6db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.1.9.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <ehcache.version>2.6.11</ehcache.version>
         <clover.version>3.0.2</clover.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.26</slf4j.version>