diff --git a/spring-4/pom.xml b/spring-4/pom.xml
index 21de925d99..41f55ea13b 100644
--- a/spring-4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-4/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+            <version>${hikaricp.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
         <flips-web.version>1.0.1</flips-web.version>
         <easymock.version>3.6</easymock.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
+        <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-5/pom.xml b/spring-5/pom.xml
index 5ebeb4dadf..2284177dc0 100644
--- a/spring-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-restdocs-restassured</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+			<artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+			<version>${hikaricp.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@
         <asciidoctor-plugin.version>1.5.6</asciidoctor-plugin.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <snippetsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-snippets</snippetsDirectory>
+        <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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