diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ee7795b64..8d9816d55c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <persistence.version>1.0.2</persistence.version>
 
         <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>5.3.12</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.3.13</spring.version>
         <springockito.version>1.0.9</springockito.version>
         <solrj.version>1.4.1</solrj.version>
         <stax-utils.version>20070216</stax-utils.version>
diff --git a/whois-update/src/main/java/net/ripe/db/whois/update/dao/LanguageCodeRepository.java b/whois-update/src/main/java/net/ripe/db/whois/update/dao/LanguageCodeRepository.java
index 64789deffe..e7f7f71839 100644
--- a/whois-update/src/main/java/net/ripe/db/whois/update/dao/LanguageCodeRepository.java
+++ b/whois-update/src/main/java/net/ripe/db/whois/update/dao/LanguageCodeRepository.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @Component
 public class LanguageCodeRepository {
 
-    @Value("#{T(net.ripe.db.whois.common.domain.CIString).ciImmutableSet('${whois.languagecodes:}')}")
+    @Value("#{T(net.ripe.db.whois.common.domain.CIString).ciImmutableSet('${whois.languagecodes:}'.split(','))}")
     private Set<CIString> languageCodes;
 
     public Set<CIString> getLanguageCodes() {