diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff4cee38b..150f8d0c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <spring.version>5.1.13.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>5.2.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <spring-security.version>5.1.7.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
     <!-- seems to break CAS login:
      <spring.version>5.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>