diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 087529c22..524aad59f 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@
   <properties>
     <rootDir></rootDir>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <spring.version>4.3.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <spring-security.version>4.2.9.RELEASE</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>