diff --git a/sampleWebApp/pom.xml b/sampleWebApp/pom.xml
index 4e94a18..00a9a1f 100644
--- a/sampleWebApp/pom.xml
+++ b/sampleWebApp/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Also show cases the 'Simple Logging Framework - slf4j'.</description>
 
 
 	<properties>
-		<spring.version>4.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>	
+		<spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>	
 	</properties>