diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5801578..2f67198 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
         <motech-platform.version>0.12.5</motech-platform.version>
         <motech-contrib.version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</motech-contrib.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>