diff --git a/spring-mockito-xml-agent/pom.xml b/spring-mockito-xml-agent/pom.xml
index 03aa0f4..0c6545c 100644
--- a/spring-mockito-xml-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mockito-xml-agent/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <artifactId>powermock-examples-spring-mockito-xml-agent</artifactId>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
 
     <description>