diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9dad10ee6..a8c237e6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
         <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-        <version>4.2.0.Final</version>
+        <version>5.3.5.Final</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- JDBC -->
       <dependency>