diff --git a/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml b/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
index 5c911ba1..446c4e75 100644
--- a/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <roo.version>1.2.2.RELEASE</roo.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>3.1.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>