diff --git a/redback-components-parent/pom.xml b/redback-components-parent/pom.xml
index 263fd5b..58b7b9e 100644
--- a/redback-components-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-components-parent/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.7</slf4jVersion>
     <log4jVersion>2.0-rc2</log4jVersion>
-    <springVersion>4.1.4.RELEASE</springVersion>
+    <springVersion>6.0.0</springVersion>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
   </properties>