diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfa7e09acc56..c377af1b0ccd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <mockito.version>2.8.9</mockito.version>
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.5.25</logback.version>
         <!-- plugins -->
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index d7607cac0a98..8e41556f5285 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.3.38.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.73</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.193</h2.version>