diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa14520..9e12433 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <spring.version>4.3.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.7.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>