diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4630c2b80..e190d71ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <solr.version>8.6.3</solr.version>
         <owlapi.version>4.5.17</owlapi.version>
-        <spring.version>4.3.29.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <jena.sparql.api.version>4.2.0-1-SNAPSHOT</jena.sparql.api.version>
 		<jena.version>4.2.0</jena.version>
 		<pellet.version>2.5.2-dllearner</pellet.version>