diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec76bc5..4bdd7ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <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>2.4.0.RELEASE</spring-ws.version>
-    <spring.version>3.2.15.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.24.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <spock.version>0.7-groovy-2.0</spock.version>
     <tomcat-jdbc.version>7.0.37</tomcat-jdbc.version>