diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index d7607cac0a..c36b1c0522 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
-        <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.73</tomcat-dbcp.version>
+        <tomcat-dbcp.version>8.5.8</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.193</h2.version>
 
         <!-- various -->
@@ -162,4 +162,4 @@
 
     </properties>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/EventDao.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/EventDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74da643f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/EventDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.dao;
+
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Event;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+@Repository
+public class EventDao extends AbstractHibernateDao<Event> implements IEventDao {
+
+    public EventDao() {
+        super();
+
+        setClazz(Event.class);
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/IEventDao.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/IEventDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7be705905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/IEventDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.dao;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Event;
+
+
+
+public interface IEventDao extends IOperations<Event> {
+    //
+}
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Event.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Event.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d659ed75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Event.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.model;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name = "EVENTS")
+public class Event implements Serializable {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String description;
+
+    public Event() {
+    }
+
+
+    public Event(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+ }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/EventService.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/EventService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6171751cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/EventService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.service;
+
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.dao.IEventDao;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Event;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@Service
+@Transactional
+public class EventService {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private IEventDao dao;
+
+    public EventService() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    public void create(final Event entity) {
+        dao.create(entity);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index fea76dfc70..03b9bfac33 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
-import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource;
+import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
 import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
         return hibernateProperties;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/exceptionDemo.cfg.xml b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/exceptionDemo.cfg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a710cc559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/exceptionDemo.cfg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
+		"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
+		"http://hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
+<hibernate-configuration>
+    <session-factory>
+       <mapping class="org.baeldung.persistence.model.Event" />
+    </session-factory>
+</hibernate-configuration>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/exceptionDemoPersistenceConfig.xml b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/exceptionDemoPersistenceConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09314c67b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/exceptionDemoPersistenceConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+    xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
+    xmlns:lang="http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang"
+    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+    xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang/spring-lang.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.xsd">
+ 
+    <context:annotation-config />
+    <context:component-scan base-package="org.baeldung.persistence" />
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:persistence-mysql.properties"/>
+
+
+ 
+   <bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource">
+        <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}"/>
+        <property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}"/>
+        <property name="username" value="${jdbc.user}"/>
+        <property name="password" value="${jdbc.pass}"/>
+    </bean>
+ 
+ 
+    <bean id="sessionFactory"
+        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
+        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+        <property name="configLocation">
+            <value>classpath:exceptionDemo.cfg.xml</value>
+        </property>
+        <property name="hibernateProperties">
+            <props>
+                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
+                <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
+                <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">create</prop>
+                <!-- <prop key="hibernate.current_session_context_class">thread</prop>-->
+            </props>
+        </property>
+        
+    </bean>
+    
+    <!-- <bean id="employeeDAO" class="com.howtodoinjava.dao.EmployeeDaoImpl"></bean> -->
+    <!-- <bean id="employeeManager" class="com.howtodoinjava.service.EmployeeManagerImpl"></bean> -->
+ 
+    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
+    <bean id="transactionManager"
+        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
+        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
+    </bean>
+    
+</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 347e85ee51..e7ef9ad765 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistenceConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistenceConfig.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
 
-    <bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
+    <bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource">
         <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}"/>
         <property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}"/>
         <property name="username" value="${jdbc.user}"/>
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@
 
     <bean id="persistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor" class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor"/>
 
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/NoHibernateSessBoundUsingAnnoSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/NoHibernateSessBoundUsingAnnoSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b29dcb7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/NoHibernateSessBoundUsingAnnoSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.service;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Event;
+import org.baeldung.spring.PersistenceXmlConfig;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateSystemException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { PersistenceXmlConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class NoHibernateSessBoundUsingAnnoSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest {
+    
+    @Autowired
+    EventService service;
+    
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException expectedEx = ExpectedException.none();
+    
+    @Test
+    public final void whenEntityIsCreated_thenNoExceptions() {
+        service.create(new Event("from Annotation Session Bean Factory"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    @Ignore
+    public final void whenNoTransBoundToSession_thenException() {
+        expectedEx.expect(HibernateSystemException.class);
+        expectedEx.expectMessage("No Hibernate Session bound to thread, "
+            + "and configuration does not allow creation of "
+            + "non-transactional one here");
+        service.create(new Event("from Annotation Session Bean Factory"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/NoHibernateSessBoundUsingLocalSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/NoHibernateSessBoundUsingLocalSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bc6c07b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/NoHibernateSessBoundUsingLocalSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.service;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Event;
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateSystemException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:exceptionDemoPersistenceConfig.xml" })
+public class NoHibernateSessBoundUsingLocalSessionBeanMainIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    EventService service;
+    
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException expectedEx = ExpectedException.none();
+    
+    @Test
+    public final void whenEntityIsCreated_thenNoExceptions() {
+        service.create(new Event("from local session bean factory"));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    @Ignore
+    public final void whenNoTransBoundToSession_thenException() {
+        expectedEx.expect(HibernateException.class);
+        expectedEx.expectMessage("No Hibernate Session bound to thread, "
+            + "and configuration does not allow creation "
+            + "of non-transactional one here");
+        service.create(new Event("from local session bean factory"));
+    }
+}