diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b47774524..9f378e3911 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@
         <version.hibernate>3.6.10.Final</version.hibernate>
         <version.spotbugs.maven>4.7.3.2</version.spotbugs.maven>
         <version.spotbugs>4.7.3</version.spotbugs>
-        <version.springframework>4.3.30.RELEASE</version.springframework>
+        <version.springframework>5.2.22.RELEASE</version.springframework>
         <!-- tomcat 8.5 is last version to support Java 7. Tomcat 9+ requires Java 8. -->
         <tomcat.major.version>8</tomcat.major.version>
         <version.tomcat>8.5.84</version.tomcat>