diff --git a/qendpoint-backend/pom.xml b/qendpoint-backend/pom.xml
index 656913e6..78034a70 100644
--- a/qendpoint-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/qendpoint-backend/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <lwjgl.version>3.3.1</lwjgl.version>
         <rdf4j.version>5.0.2</rdf4j.version>
-        <spring.version>3.0.2</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>3.4.0</spring.version>
         <logback.version>1.4.5</logback.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>