diff --git a/web/pom.xml b/web/pom.xml
index 2f57b8a..aa8eaf7 100644
--- a/web/pom.xml
+++ b/web/pom.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
         <postgres.version>9.1-901.jdbc4</postgres.version>
         <jetty.version>9.0.0.v20130308</jetty.version>
         <spring.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring.security.version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
+        <spring.security.version>5.4.0</spring.security.version>
         <liquibase.version>3.0.6</liquibase.version>
         <db.driver>org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</db.driver>
         <db.url>jdbc:hsqldb:file:${basedir}/../db/it-interview;shutdown=true;sql.syntax_pgs=true</db.url>