diff --git a/starter-webapp/pom.xml b/starter-webapp/pom.xml
index ab5edec..67b4cd6 100644
--- a/starter-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/starter-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <hibernateEntityManagerVersion>4.0.1.Final</hibernateEntityManagerVersion>
         <thymeleafVersion>2.1.3.RELEASE</thymeleafVersion>
         <h2-version>1.4.182</h2-version>
-        <hibernateValidatorVersion>5.0.1.Final</hibernateValidatorVersion>
+        <hibernateValidatorVersion>6.0.23.Final</hibernateValidatorVersion>
         <commonsLangVersion>3.1</commonsLangVersion>
         <servletApiVersion>3.1.0</servletApiVersion>
         <junitVersion>4.11</junitVersion>