diff --git a/tx-control-providers/jdbc/tx-control-jdbc-itests/pom.xml b/tx-control-providers/jdbc/tx-control-jdbc-itests/pom.xml
index 7b2093f..230443b 100644
--- a/tx-control-providers/jdbc/tx-control-jdbc-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/tx-control-providers/jdbc/tx-control-jdbc-itests/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.4.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>5.3.18</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>