diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e066f4..2ce8817 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
                 <!-- fix for Java 9 -->
                 <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-                <version>5.3.6.Final</version>
+                <version>6.2.0.Final</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <!-- needed by Selenium -->