diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34e59230be..ed1f3a7b0a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     <scalatest-version>2.1.5</scalatest-version>
     <slf4j-version>1.7.10</slf4j-version>
     <snappy-version>1.1.0.1</snappy-version>
-    <spring-version>4.1.7.RELEASE</spring-version>
+    <spring-version>4.1.8.RELEASE</spring-version>
     <spring-osgi-version>1.2.1</spring-osgi-version>
     <stax2-api-version>3.0.2</stax2-api-version>
     <velocity-version>1.7</velocity-version>