diff --git a/controllers/pom.xml b/controllers/pom.xml
index 5fb599c4..a19b8dce 100644
--- a/controllers/pom.xml
+++ b/controllers/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <hibernate.version>4.1.4.Final</hibernate.version>
         <jackson.version>1.9.9</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.data.version>1.2.0.RELEASE</spring.data.version>
 
         <build.profile.id>dev</build.profile.id>