diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index e2cf9d7c3e..54ac868b95 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -44,12 +43,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -229,7 +226,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.springframework.security.version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/status/ExampleControllerTest.java b/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/status/ExampleControllerTest.java
index 8d4f583a08..1344d2d40e 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/status/ExampleControllerTest.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/status/ExampleControllerTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-package com.baeldung;
+package org.baeldung.web.controller.status;
 
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
+import org.baeldung.config.WebConfig;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;