diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97e2f23..9b8b681 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@
         <version.spotbugs.maven>4.10.2.0</version.spotbugs.maven>
         <version.spotbugs>4.10.2</version.spotbugs>
         <!-- Spring 6.x requires Java 17 -->
-        <version.springframework>5.3.39</version.springframework>
+        <version.springframework>7.0.8</version.springframework>
         <!-- Tomcat 10 moves from Java EE to Jakarta EE, moving packages javax.* to jakarta.* - code changes likely required to address this change. -->
         <tomcat.major.version>9</tomcat.major.version>
         <version.tomcat>9.0.115</version.tomcat>