diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e2cd62..1cf6af5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <!-- defining versions of multiple dependencies to prevent version conflicts set generic encoding standards -->
   <properties>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    <spring.version>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
     <spring.data.commons.version>1.10.0.RELEASE</spring.data.commons.version>
     <spring.data.redis.version>1.8.13.RELEASE</spring.data.redis.version>
     <jackson.version>2.5.2</jackson.version>