diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1a5cec..eb56845 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <name>sdll-blog Maven Webapp</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
-    <spring.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <commons-codec.version>1.9</commons-codec.version>
   </properties>