diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebc07e21d..ccc97ae41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
         <gson.version>2.5</gson.version>
         <fastutil.version>6.5.16</fastutil.version>
         <guice.version>4.1.0</guice.version>
-        <spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.27</spring.version>
         <spring.security.version>4.2.2.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <spring-ldap-core.version>2.3.1.RELEASE</spring-ldap-core.version>
         <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>