diff --git a/src/gui/pom.xml b/src/gui/pom.xml
index c4f6285c..5b990798 100644
--- a/src/gui/pom.xml
+++ b/src/gui/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <gt-version>21.4</gt-version>
         <geogwt-version>0.4-SNAPSHOT</geogwt-version>
 
-        <spring.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
 
         <commonsFileuploadVersion>1.2.1</commonsFileuploadVersion>