diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e4bfc61f..6a63ccf6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <jetty.version>9.2.22.v20170606</jetty.version>
         <pax.web.version>4.4.0</pax.web.version>
         <spring.osgi.version>1.2.1</spring.osgi.version>
-        <spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <cglib.version>2.2.2_1</cglib.version>
         <cglib.range>[2,3)</cglib.range>
         <aries.blueprint.version>1.1.0</aries.blueprint.version>