diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 86aa48d73e4..a582c01dba6 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>