diff --git a/spring-mvc-examples/registration-login-spring-xml-maven-jsp-mysql/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-examples/registration-login-spring-xml-maven-jsp-mysql/pom.xml
index 2793d5b4..05c30a1e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-examples/registration-login-spring-xml-maven-jsp-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-examples/registration-login-spring-xml-maven-jsp-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Account Registration Webapp</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring-security.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>