diff --git a/apollo-backend/pom.xml b/apollo-backend/pom.xml
index d0aac25d..a0e99fba 100644
--- a/apollo-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/apollo-backend/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.11.Final</version>
+            <version>5.4.24.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>