diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9d019876..22c21c64a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <hibernate.version>4.2.1.Final</hibernate.version>
 
         <!-- Bean validation -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>4.3.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.5.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
         <!-- Database access -->
         <tomcat-jdbc.version>7.0.42</tomcat-jdbc.version>