diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6aeab57512..247e15d40e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <continuumWebappVersion>${project.version}</continuumWebappVersion>
     <!-- Note, when later moving beyond 2.2.1, the continuum-artifact-manager module should be removed -->
     <maven.version>2.2.1</maven.version>
-    <spring.version>3.2.13.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>6.0.0</spring.version>
     <struts.version>2.3.20</struts.version>
     <wagon.version>1.0-beta-6</wagon.version>
     <maven-scm.version>1.4</maven-scm.version>