diff --git a/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml b/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml
index 543dde5..44cdf61 100644
--- a/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml
+++ b/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.1.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>4.3.19.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Application Context (depends on spring-core, spring-expression, spring-aop,