diff --git a/example_microservices/nonreactive_example/patient-ms/pom.xml b/example_microservices/nonreactive_example/patient-ms/pom.xml
index a2ddf41..1e21598 100644
--- a/example_microservices/nonreactive_example/patient-ms/pom.xml
+++ b/example_microservices/nonreactive_example/patient-ms/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <lombok.version>1.18.10</lombok.version>
     <modelmapper.version>2.3.6</modelmapper.version>
     <mapstruct.version>1.3.1.Final</mapstruct.version>
-    <spring-webmvc.version>5.2.4.RELEASE</spring-webmvc.version>
+    <spring-webmvc.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring-webmvc.version>
     <ecs-logging-java.version>0.1.3</ecs-logging-java.version>
   </properties>