diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2e7e48..331dfd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <spring-security-portlet-contrib.version>1.2.1</spring-security-portlet-contrib.version>
     <spring-security.version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
     <spring-ws.version>2.4.7.RELEASE</spring-ws.version>
-    <spring.version>3.2.15.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.22.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <spock.version>0.7-groovy-2.0</spock.version>
     <tomcat-jdbc.version>7.0.109</tomcat-jdbc.version>