diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 809cab4ec9..6bb6a6cc31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>        
-        <spring.version>3.0.0.M4</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>3.0.0.RC1</spring.version>
         <jstl.version>1.1.2</jstl.version>
         <jetty.version>6.1.18</jetty.version>
     </properties>