diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4447132..08d11c3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <!-- The spring-boot version should match the one managed by https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.jhipster/jhipster-dependencies/${jhipster-dependencies.version} -->
         <spring-boot.version>2.1.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <!-- The spring framework version should match the one managed by https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-dependencies/${spring-boot.version} -->
-        <spring.version>5.1.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <!-- The hibernate version should match the one managed by https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-dependencies/${spring-boot.version} -->
         <hibernate.version>5.3.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <!-- The javassist version should match the one managed by https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate/hibernate-core/${hibernate.version} -->