diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42d64413d8..4954e445dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <hibernate.version>3.6.8.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.4.24.Final</hibernate.version>
         <c3p0.version>0.9.1.2</c3p0.version>
         <spring.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.web.version>2.2.1.RELEASE</spring.web.version>