diff --git a/lagom-jpa-db2-example/pom.xml b/lagom-jpa-db2-example/pom.xml
index 320a457..f559210 100644
--- a/lagom-jpa-db2-example/pom.xml
+++ b/lagom-jpa-db2-example/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-                <version>5.2.15.Final</version>
+                <version>5.3.20.Final</version>
             </dependency>
             <!--
               - This is the Db2 JDBC driver, which is not available in a public Maven repository.