diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21ab609ba..3798cb65a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <ehcache.version>2.6.11</ehcache.version>
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <icu4j.version>65.1</icu4j.version>
-        <spring.version>4.1.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>4.3.25.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <resource-server.version>1.0.43</resource-server.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.10</httpclient.version>
         <antisamy.version>1.5.3</antisamy.version>