diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05a52480..09cfc721 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         <carbon.automation.version>4.4.2</carbon.automation.version>
         <carbon.automationutils.version>4.4.2</carbon.automationutils.version>
         <org.apache.cxf.version>3.1.4</org.apache.cxf.version>
-        <org.springframework.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>5.2.7.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.apache.tomcat>7.0.34</org.apache.tomcat>
         <org.codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.12</org.codehaus.jackson.version>
         <carbon.rest.api.version>4.2.2</carbon.rest.api.version>