diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca488307c1..fd39514b16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
         <version.apacheds>2.0.0.AM27</version.apacheds>
         <version.fluido>2.1.0</version.fluido>
         <!-- hibernate is up to rev 6+. But 4.0.0. causes this error: symbol: org.hibernate.classic.Session not found -->
-        <version.hibernate>3.6.10.Final</version.hibernate>
+        <version.hibernate>5.6.15.Final</version.hibernate>
         <version.spotbugs.maven>4.9.8.2</version.spotbugs.maven>
         <version.spotbugs>4.9.8</version.spotbugs>
         <!-- Spring 6.x requires Java 17 -->