diff --git a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
index e4bb071a6aad..528c76808922 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>5.5.7</org.springframework.security.version>
         <org.springframework.hateoas.version>0.21.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.hateoas.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->