diff --git a/core-java/src/main/resources/targetFile.tmp b/core-java/src/main/resources/targetFile.tmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20f137b416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/main/resources/targetFile.tmp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+line 1
+a second line
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/core-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/core-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/core-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/gson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/gson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/guava/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/guava/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/guava/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/jackson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/jackson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/jackson/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mockito/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/mockito/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/mockito/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/mockito/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest-testing/pom.xml b/rest-testing/pom.xml
index 3f3d9a2fea..866428f4aa 100644
--- a/rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>4.1.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.4.2</jackson.version>
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.1.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.2</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
-        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.9</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/rest-testing/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/rest-testing/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/rest-testing/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/rest-testing/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
index ca7e269c67..3d3331c1d4 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" />
 
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
index fc20d9a99a..7652894f6c 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" ignore-unresolvable="true" order="1" />
 
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
index 25983530ad..edeb41a463 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:bar.properties" order="2"/>
 
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-all/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause4.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause4.xml
index 67c0ffca0d..6569788db6 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause4.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause4.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <bean id="beanA" class="org.baeldung.ex.beancreationexception.cause4.BeanA" />
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause6.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause6.xml
index 6510edd176..4600a0ed55 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause6.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause6.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <bean id="beanA" class="org.baeldung.ex.beancreationexception.cause6.BeanA">
         <property name="beanB" ref="beanB" />
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause7.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause7.xml
index e04c096678..b11a35442a 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause7.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause7.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <bean id="beanZ" class="org.baeldung.ex.beancreationexception.cause7.BeanZ" />
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause9.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause9.xml
index 59e30c3ede..7585e6c38a 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause9.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/beancreationexception_cause9.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <bean id="beanA" abstract="true" class="org.baeldung.ex.beancreationexception.cause9.BeanA" />
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
index ca7e269c67..3d3331c1d4 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" />
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
index fc20d9a99a..7652894f6c 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" ignore-unresolvable="true" order="1" />
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
index 25983530ad..edeb41a463 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:bar.properties" order="2"/>
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-exceptions/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistenceConfig.xml b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistenceConfig.xml
index f05f05eb1f..abb0982a04 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistenceConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistenceConfig.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" />
     
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/hibernate4Config.xml b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/hibernate4Config.xml
index bef5a012be..530e816bcf 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/hibernate4Config.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/hibernate4Config.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" />
     
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 35dcb9c1ef..8866255479 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
 	<http access-denied-page="/access-denied.html" use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/access-denied*" access="hasAnyRole('ROLE_LOCATION_WRITE','ROLE_POLYGON_WRITE')" />
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/jpaConfig.xml b/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/jpaConfig.xml
index a291786a5c..8b9c4efff1 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/jpaConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/jpaConfig.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
     xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-4.0.xsd
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-4.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
 
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" />
 
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 35dcb9c1ef..8866255479 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
 	<http access-denied-page="/access-denied.html" use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/access-denied*" access="hasAnyRole('ROLE_LOCATION_WRITE','ROLE_POLYGON_WRITE')" />
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 35dcb9c1ef..8866255479 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
 	<http access-denied-page="/access-denied.html" use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/access-denied*" access="hasAnyRole('ROLE_LOCATION_WRITE','ROLE_POLYGON_WRITE')" />
diff --git a/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-no-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/webMvcConfig.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/webMvcConfig.xml
index 278f6c5533..e249425447 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/webMvcConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/resources/webMvcConfig.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.2.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-4.1.xsd">
 
 	<mvc:annotation-driven />
 	<context:component-scan base-package="org.baeldung.spring.controller" />
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index d584ff342f..f02290fc2c 100644
--- a/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 	<http use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="permitAll" />
 		<intercept-url pattern="/logout*" access="permitAll" />
diff --git a/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index 94bd63e068..8b81b56aa4 100644
--- a/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-login-error-handling/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
 	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 0d87cc747e..203f1c6a0b 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <http use-expressions="true">
         <intercept-url pattern="/anonymous*" access="isAnonymous()" />
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index c8fb708c0b..641a8b49dd 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <beans:bean id="digestFilter" class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.DigestAuthenticationFilter">
         <beans:property name="userDetailsService" ref="userService" />
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index ea424e5e78..5bc330d0be 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
 	<http use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/anonymous*" access="isAnonymous()" />
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 77e907b44e..0fa077db00 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 	xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
     xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.2.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-4.0.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-4.1.xsd">
 
 
     <http use-expressions="true">
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 22409c67ee..b1f4674e1e 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <http create-session="always" use-expressions="true">
         <intercept-url pattern="/anonymous*" access="isAnonymous()" />
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/mvc-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index a0f45d48f2..cc8428b162 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <http create-session="stateless" use-expressions="true">
 
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/prop.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/prop.xml
index 4c11f2154c..75e386894e 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/prop.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/prop.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd">
  
       <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" />
  
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index db4f405103..314684e96c 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <http use-expressions="true">
         <intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 802167c3eb..9e63a24b79 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <beans:bean id="digestFilter" class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.DigestAuthenticationFilter">
         <beans:property name="userDetailsService" ref="userService" />
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/springDataPersistenceConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/springDataPersistenceConfig.xml
index f9116a31ab..8b88167b56 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/springDataPersistenceConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/springDataPersistenceConfig.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:jpa="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa.xsd">
 
 	<jpa:repositories base-package="org.baeldung.persistence.dao" />
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index b159881360..f5d7b9e16a 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security 
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <http pattern="/securityNone" security="none" />
 
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-rest/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index cff7c1cc07..28fc4ffe1c 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd">
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd">
 
     <http use-expressions="true" entry-point-ref="restAuthenticationEntryPoint">
         <intercept-url pattern="/api/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-security-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index a675fc6d95..4c74be8912 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.0.xsd" >
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd" >
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file