diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4447132..636b9b8d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <liquibase-hibernate5.version>3.6</liquibase-hibernate5.version>
         <!-- The hibernate version to be used to override default version of liquibase
             maven plugin -->
-        <hibernate-core.version>5.3.8.Final</hibernate-core.version>
+        <hibernate-core.version>5.3.20.Final</hibernate-core.version>
         <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
         <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.2</jaxb-runtime.version>
         <mapstruct.version>1.3.0.Final</mapstruct.version>