diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 052aa17..26b8f47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <commons-beanutils.version>1.8.3</commons-beanutils.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.1</hamcrest.version>
         <hibernate-annotations.version>3.4.0.GA</hibernate-annotations.version>
-        <hibernate-core.version>3.3.2.GA</hibernate-core.version>
+        <hibernate-core.version>5.4.24.Final</hibernate-core.version>
         <joda-time-hibernate.version>1.2</joda-time-hibernate.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.15</log4j.version>
         <springframework.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</springframework.version>