diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 9cc7c4549e..71c87732c5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<gson.version>2.3.1</gson.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.187</h2.version>
 		<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-		<hazelcast.version>3.5</hazelcast.version>
+		<hazelcast.version>3.5.1</hazelcast.version>
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.10.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<hikaricp.version>2.3.8</hikaricp.version>
@@ -570,12 +570,6 @@
 				<groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
 				<version>${hazelcast.version}</version>
-				<exclusions> <!-- https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/issues/5678 -->
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
-						<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>