diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f374bda19..08aee4764 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-            <version>5.4.29.Final</version>
+            <version>5.6.15.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <!--
             findbug to be able to deactivate findbug alerts using annotations,