diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee8b4c1db..2c7d96a53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <spring-security.version>4.0.1.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.1.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.23.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <mysql-connector.version>5.1.35</mysql-connector.version>
         <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>