diff --git a/osgp/platform/osgp-secret-management/pom.xml b/osgp/platform/osgp-secret-management/pom.xml
index e3edfebca9..85d6a4c19a 100644
--- a/osgp/platform/osgp-secret-management/pom.xml
+++ b/osgp/platform/osgp-secret-management/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <properties>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <spring.boot.version>2.4.0</spring.boot.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.1</spring.version>
     <jaxb.plugin.version>2.5.0</jaxb.plugin.version>
     <build.helper.maven.plugin.version>3.0.0</build.helper.maven.plugin.version>
     <apache.ws.xlmschema.version>2.0.1</apache.ws.xlmschema.version>