diff --git a/transactional-user-service/pom.xml b/transactional-user-service/pom.xml
index 160f086..1710a21 100644
--- a/transactional-user-service/pom.xml
+++ b/transactional-user-service/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.3.2.Final</version>
+            <version>5.3.20.Final</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Since JAXB APIs is no longer in default classpath in JDK 1.9 -->