diff --git a/spring-mvc-root-webapplicationcontext/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-root-webapplicationcontext/pom.xml
index d9f250c..8ea1939 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-root-webapplicationcontext/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-root-webapplicationcontext/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
 	<properties>
-		<spring.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 	</properties>