diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1328d3c7..62d65456a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     	<java.version>11</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <model.version>2.0.35</model.version> <!-- https://github.com/orgs/elimu-ai/packages?repo_name=model -->
-        <hibernate.version>5.4.30.Final</hibernate.version> <!-- https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/hibernate/ -->
+        <hibernate.version>5.4.31.Final</hibernate.version> <!-- https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/hibernate/ -->
         <jetty.version>9.4.31.v20200723</jetty.version> <!-- https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/ -->
         <spring.version>5.3.6</spring.version> <!-- https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/ -->
         <spring.security.version>5.4.6</spring.security.version> <!-- https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/security/ -->