diff --git a/TestProjects-ejb/pom.xml b/TestProjects-ejb/pom.xml
index ac1c7d0..fdc80f7 100644
--- a/TestProjects-ejb/pom.xml
+++ b/TestProjects-ejb/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0.Final</version>
+            <version>5.4.24.Final</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>dom4j</groupId>