diff --git a/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml b/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
index 5c911ba1..1923e5da 100644
--- a/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/roo/roo-spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.0.Final</version>
+            <version>6.0.23.Final</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>