diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 0f6dbfbd98..dcf740b22b 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.2.Final</version>
+            <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
         <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 
         <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>5.4.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>