diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ebcb4a4..94ab8b0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
   <properties>
     <copyrightDir>${basedir}</copyrightDir>
-    <hibernateVersion>3.6.10.Final</hibernateVersion>
+    <hibernateVersion>5.3.20.Final</hibernateVersion>
     <springVersion>3.0.5.RELEASE</springVersion>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.javadoc.failOnError>false</maven.javadoc.failOnError>