diff --git a/00-template/apim-is-as-km/confs/apim-is-as-km/connectors/identity-outbound-auth-nic-validator/pom.xml b/00-template/apim-is-as-km/confs/apim-is-as-km/connectors/identity-outbound-auth-nic-validator/pom.xml
index 8a540e6..67d677a 100644
--- a/00-template/apim-is-as-km/confs/apim-is-as-km/connectors/identity-outbound-auth-nic-validator/pom.xml
+++ b/00-template/apim-is-as-km/confs/apim-is-as-km/connectors/identity-outbound-auth-nic-validator/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <carbon.identity.framework.version>5.11.109</carbon.identity.framework.version>
+        <carbon.identity.framework.version>5.20.254</carbon.identity.framework.version>
         <carbon.identity.governance.version>1.1.7</carbon.identity.governance.version>
         <commons-logging.version>4.4.23</commons-logging.version>
         <carbon.kernel.version>4.4.23</carbon.kernel.version>