diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58f8d2ada0..a998dde777 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
         <sli4j-slf4j-simple.version>2.0</sli4j-slf4j-simple.version>
         <solr.version>4.9.0</solr.version>
-        <spring.version>4.0.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>6.0.0</spring.version>
         <spring.security.version>4.0.1.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <spring-webflow.version>2.3.0.RELEASE</spring-webflow.version>
         <struts.version>1.2.9</struts.version>