diff --git a/agents/josso-wasce2-agent/pom.xml b/agents/josso-wasce2-agent/pom.xml
index a9b155af..848625e4 100644
--- a/agents/josso-wasce2-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/agents/josso-wasce2-agent/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <commons-discovery-version>0.2</commons-discovery-version>
         <activation-version>1.1</activation-version>
         <aopalliance-version>1.0</aopalliance-version>
-        <spring-version>2.5.5</spring-version>
+        <spring-version>5.2.22.RELEASE</spring-version>
         <xbean-spring-version>3.4.3</xbean-spring-version>
         <tomcatVersion>6.0.18</tomcatVersion>
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-security-v3-contacts/pom.xml b/examples/spring-security-v3-contacts/pom.xml
index 7cf0b9a1..2c3021a6 100644
--- a/examples/spring-security-v3-contacts/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/spring-security-v3-contacts/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.22.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
         <jetty.version>6.1.26</jetty.version>
         <ehcache.version>1.6.2</ehcache.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2de5c76..678eac6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <plexus-classworlds-version>1.2-alpha-12</plexus-classworlds-version>
 
         <xbean-version>3.4.3</xbean-version>
-        <spring-version>2.5.5</spring-version>
+        <spring-version>5.2.22.RELEASE</spring-version>
         <junit-version>4.4</junit-version>
         <cxf-version>2.2.2</cxf-version>
         <spring-security-v3-version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring-security-v3-version>