diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9cea6b7..8942229 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <maven-ejb-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-ejb-plugin.version>
     <maven-war-plugin.version>3.2.3</maven-war-plugin.version>
     <maven-site-plugin.version>3.8.2</maven-site-plugin.version>
-    <hibernate.core.version>4.2.18.Final</hibernate.core.version>
+    <hibernate.core.version>5.4.24.Final</hibernate.core.version>
     <maven-ejb-plugin.ejbVersion>3.0.1</maven-ejb-plugin.ejbVersion>
     <asciidoctorj-pdf.version>1.5.0-alpha.16</asciidoctorj-pdf.version>
     <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.5</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>