diff --git a/thing/pom.xml b/thing/pom.xml
index d073987..b4c3bd3 100644
--- a/thing/pom.xml
+++ b/thing/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-Final</version>
+            <version>5.4.24.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>