diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 662c68d4..7f3b1fa4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         <propertyset.version>1.3</propertyset.version>
         <quartz.version>1.8.5</quartz.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>3.2.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.24.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.osgi.version>1.2.0</spring.osgi.version>
         <stax-api.version>1.0-2</stax-api.version>
         <woden.version>1.0.0M6</woden.version>