diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2033122616f1..fb64e0d7abe7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <jdk.home>${env.JAVA_6_HOME}</jdk.home>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
         <metrics.version>3.0.1</metrics.version>
-        <spring.version>4.1.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>4.1.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <jetty.version>8.1.12.v20130726</jetty.version>
         <codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.13</codehaus.jackson.version>
         <fastxml.jackson.version>2.3.1</fastxml.jackson.version>