diff --git a/pm4j-common/pom.xml b/pm4j-common/pom.xml
index 7ff9c950..d18aac1f 100644
--- a/pm4j-common/pom.xml
+++ b/pm4j-common/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.1.Final</version>
+      <version>5.3.5.Final</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>