diff --git a/appng-application-bom/pom.xml b/appng-application-bom/pom.xml
index f46596b2f..c3dbf5e5d 100644
--- a/appng-application-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/appng-application-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-				<version>4.3.30.RELEASE</version>
+				<version>5.2.20.RELEASE</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 896568c75..087d0a169 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<queryDsl.version>5.0.0</queryDsl.version>
 		<servlet.version>3.1.0</servlet.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.26</slf4j.version>
-		<spring.version>4.3.30.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<springData.version>1.13.23.RELEASE</springData.version>
 		<springDataEnvers.version>1.1.23.RELEASE</springDataEnvers.version>
 		<springDataJpa.version>1.11.23.RELEASE</springDataJpa.version>