diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 373e38f9..28b1ba1d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <shade.prefix>${project.groupId}.shaded</shade.prefix>
     <spring-platform.version>2.0.8.RELEASE</spring-platform.version>
     <spring-boot.version>1.5.22.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
-    <spring-core.version>4.3.9.RELEASE</spring-core.version>
+    <spring-core.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring-core.version>
     <!-- BEGIN: AWS jdk version + dependencies -->
     <aws-jdk.version>1.11.728</aws-jdk.version>
     <httpcomponents.httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.httpclient.version>