diff --git a/biosdk-services/pom.xml b/biosdk-services/pom.xml
index e93c9a1e..b7ba5c81 100644
--- a/biosdk-services/pom.xml
+++ b/biosdk-services/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         </developers>	
     <properties>
         <!-- Core -->
-        <spring.boot.version>2.0.2.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
+        <spring.boot.version>2.5.12</spring.boot.version>
         <spring-cloud-config.version>2.0.2.RELEASE</spring-cloud-config.version>
         <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.22.0</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
         <maven.jacoco.plugin.version>0.8.5</maven.jacoco.plugin.version>