diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e2886c089..abaf9e8bc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
         <commons.logging.version>1.2</commons.logging.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.10.0</commons.validator.version>
         <esapi.version>2.0.1</esapi.version>
-        <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.3.38.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <itext.version>5.5.8</itext.version>
         <javassist.version>3.19.0-GA</javassist.version>