diff --git a/platform-tests/pom.xml b/platform-tests/pom.xml
index 735ec31a79..3608f4e414 100644
--- a/platform-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/platform-tests/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<spring.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
 		<version.compiler.plugin>2.3.1</version.compiler.plugin>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>