diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 8f8739b6..1d9eb2b4 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@
   <properties>
     <rootDir></rootDir>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <spring.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <spring.security.version>3.2.9.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
     <spring.security.oauth2.version>2.0.5.RELEASE</spring.security.oauth2.version>
     <struts.version>2.3.36</struts.version>