diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index aca515ab..b68dd7b0
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <!-- Persistence -->
         <spring-data-releasetrain.version>Lovelace-RELEASE</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.1.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.14.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.20.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.1</hsqldb.version>
 
         <!-- Logging -->