diff --git a/apollo-backend/pom.xml b/apollo-backend/pom.xml
index d0aac25d..d0ca219d 100644
--- a/apollo-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/apollo-backend/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-c3p0</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.11.Final</version>
+            <version>5.4.24.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>