diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index aca515ab..6a1acf51
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <spring-framework.version>5.1.4.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
+        <spring-framework.version>5.3.18</spring-framework.version>
         <spring-data-jdbc.version>2.0.0.M1</spring-data-jdbc.version>
 
         <!-- Web dependencies -->