diff --git a/programmingspring/pom.xml b/programmingspring/pom.xml
index 47617d2..4538efd 100644
--- a/programmingspring/pom.xml
+++ b/programmingspring/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <springVersion>3.1.0.M2</springVersion>
+        <springVersion>5.2.21.RELEASE</springVersion>
         <junitVersion>4.8.2</junitVersion>
     </properties>