diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 087529c22..2aba78b6c 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@
     <rootDir></rootDir>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <spring.version>4.3.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
-    <spring-security.version>4.2.9.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+    <spring-security.version>5.5.7</spring-security.version>
     <spring-security-oauth2.version>2.3.4.RELEASE</spring-security-oauth2.version>
     <spring-session-data-redis.version>1.3.3.RELEASE</spring-session-data-redis.version>
     <lettuce.version>3.5.0.Final</lettuce.version>