diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fc7a67..7fd38b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <artifactId>hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
+        <spring_boot_version>2.5.2</spring_boot_version>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
     </properties>