diff --git a/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml b/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
index 5c911ba1..e6ca3652 100644
--- a/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.9.Final</version>
+            <version>5.3.20.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>