diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1eacf6960b..32c6737de3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@
     <lucene.version>4.9.0</lucene.version>
 
     <spring.version>4.2.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
-    <spring.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
+    <spring.security.version>5.5.7</spring.security.version>
     <metrics.version>2.1.1</metrics.version>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH'\:'mm'\:'ssZ</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     <build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</build.timestamp>