diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64f71c380b04be440d3b1e331d4799a2943027a5..f8f9f5c0bec5b7aa3c346756e0475d3c56a5b061 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<org.springframework-version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
+		<org.springframework-version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
 		<org.springframework.security-version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security-version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.url>https://scm.thm.de/arsnova</project.url>