diff --git a/pax-carrot-parent/pom.xml b/pax-carrot-parent/pom.xml
index 8d885f3..685d5e6 100644
--- a/pax-carrot-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/pax-carrot-parent/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <pax.url.version>1.6.0</pax.url.version>
         <richfaces.version>4.3.1.Final</richfaces.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <pax.carrot.wiki.url>http://team.ops4j.org/wiki/display/paxcarrot/</pax.carrot.wiki.url>
         <tomcat.version>8.0.0-RC5</tomcat.version>
     </properties>