diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09a0bdfa6..ca1a0564d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <java.version>1.7</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <compiler.encoding>UTF-8</compiler.encoding>
-        <spring.version>4.3.11.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>4.3.18.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <powermock.version>1.7.1</powermock.version>
     </properties>