diff --git a/Chapter 2/hello-world/pom.xml b/Chapter 2/hello-world/pom.xml
index 50160a4..a2d4c57 100644
--- a/Chapter 2/hello-world/pom.xml	
+++ b/Chapter 2/hello-world/pom.xml	
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<description>This is the "Hello, World!" version of a Spring Batch job.</description>
 	<properties>
 		<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
-		<spring.framework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
+		<spring.framework.version>5.2.24.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
 		<spring.batch.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring.batch.version>
 		<dependency.locations.enabled>false</dependency.locations.enabled>
 	</properties>