diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
index 07d37736b622..dc7d1eb28460 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>5.0.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <freemarker.version>2.3.28</freemarker.version>
         <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.10.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>