diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47230ac25..40ad778a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
     <velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
     <validation-api.version>1.1.0.Final</validation-api.version>
-    <hibernate-validator.version>5.0.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+    <hibernate-validator.version>5.1.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
     <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
     <javax.el-impl.version>2.2.6</javax.el-impl.version>
     <servlet-api.version>3.1.0</servlet-api.version>