diff --git a/easyCompany2/pom.xml b/easyCompany2/pom.xml
index 5c3f060..b4bd4bc 100644
--- a/easyCompany2/pom.xml
+++ b/easyCompany2/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-			<version>4.0.0.GA</version>
+			<version>5.3.5.Final</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- common-annotations for JSE 5 -->