diff --git a/sparkjava/pom.xml b/sparkjava/pom.xml
index 3055f56..47ead96 100644
--- a/sparkjava/pom.xml
+++ b/sparkjava/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.6.Final</version>
+      <version>5.3.20.Final</version>
     </dependency>
 
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