diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66fe7f7b4f..e6ea1dfbe3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <cs.jstl.version>1.2</cs.jstl.version>
     <cs.selenium.server.version>1.0-20081010.060147</cs.selenium.server.version>
     <cs.vmware.api.version>5.1</cs.vmware.api.version>
-    <org.springframework.version>3.2.12.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+    <org.springframework.version>5.3.18</org.springframework.version>
     <cs.mockito.version>1.9.5</cs.mockito.version>
     <cs.powermock.version>1.5.3</cs.powermock.version>
     <cs.aws.sdk.version>1.9.8</cs.aws.sdk.version>