diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7f1281e5..1c4fb3827 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
     <properties>
         <spring.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring-security.version>4.0.1.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+        <spring-security.version>5.4.11</spring-security.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.1.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>