diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca8ee5b81..6a6275432 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <!-- AspectJ maven plugin can't handle 17 yet -->
 
 		<eclipselink>3.0.2</eclipselink>
-		<hibernate>5.6.0.Final</hibernate>
+		<hibernate>5.6.9.Final</hibernate>
 		<jsqlparser>4.3</jsqlparser>
 		<mysql-connector-java>8.0.23</mysql-connector-java>
 		<postgresql>42.2.19</postgresql>
diff --git a/spring-data-envers/pom.xml b/spring-data-envers/pom.xml
index 8e2de43f5..59eb8eab8 100755
--- a/spring-data-envers/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-envers/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	</scm>
 
 	<properties>
-		<hibernate.envers>5.5.7.Final</hibernate.envers>
+		<hibernate.envers>${hibernate}</hibernate.envers>
 		<java-module-name>spring.data.envers</java-module-name>
 	</properties>