diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e08561fd..e9f2b4ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <jts.version>1.19.0</jts.version>
         <b3p-gt-modules.version>8.4</b3p-gt-modules.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
-        <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.3.20.Final</hibernate.version>
         <jaxb.api.version>2.3.3</jaxb.api.version>
         <jaxb.impl.version>2.3.3</jaxb.impl.version>
         <activation.api.version>1.2.2</activation.api.version>