diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f557e97..28868e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>3.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>3.2.18.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.1</slf4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>