diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a50967..120b9cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <!-- project property settings -->
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
     </properties>