diff --git a/thymeleaf-benchmark02/pom.xml b/thymeleaf-benchmark02/pom.xml
index 966a5c7..1cf656b 100644
--- a/thymeleaf-benchmark02/pom.xml
+++ b/thymeleaf-benchmark02/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <maven.compile.target>1.5</maven.compile.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <jmh.version>1.12</jmh.version>
-    <springframework.version>3.2.16.RELEASE</springframework.version>
+    <springframework.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</springframework.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.6.6</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.15</log4j.version>