diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 777f2f6c5..abae06101 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernateVersion>3.6.6.Final</hibernateVersion>
-        <springVersion>3.2.1.RELEASE</springVersion>
+        <springVersion>6.0.0</springVersion>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <headerBaseDir>${basedir}</headerBaseDir>
         <pathtoHeader>${headerBaseDir}/header.txt</pathtoHeader>