diff --git a/simple-concise-roo/pom.xml b/simple-concise-roo/pom.xml
index 038eb87..e5d4690 100644
--- a/simple-concise-roo/pom.xml
+++ b/simple-concise-roo/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <roo.version>1.3.2.RELEASE</roo.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>