diff --git a/spring-freemarker/pom.xml b/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
index a064d7f57b..9bbdbcecfb 100644
--- a/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
-		<spring.version>4.2.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<freemarker.version>2.3.23</freemarker.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
 		<jcl.slf4j.version>1.7.12</jcl.slf4j.version>
 		<servletapi.version>3.1.0</servletapi.version>
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
 			<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.20</version>
+			<version>${freemarker.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>