diff --git a/helloworld/pom.xml b/helloworld/pom.xml
index a1b029e..c32214d 100644
--- a/helloworld/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	</description>
 	<properties>
 		<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
-		<spring.framework.version>4.2.9.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
+		<spring.framework.version>4.3.9.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
 		<spring.amqp.version>1.7.2.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
+			<version>4.12</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/stocks/pom.xml b/stocks/pom.xml
index 4028c96..51197d6 100644
--- a/stocks/pom.xml
+++ b/stocks/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	</description>
 	<properties>
 		<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
-		<spring.framework.version>4.2.9.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
+		<spring.framework.version>4.3.9.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
 		<spring.amqp.version>1.7.2.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/stocks/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/stocks/web/ServletConfigurationTests.java b/stocks/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/stocks/web/ServletConfigurationTests.java
index 02a8953..aa41361 100644
--- a/stocks/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/stocks/web/ServletConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/stocks/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/stocks/web/ServletConfigurationTests.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
- * 
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
  * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
  * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
@@ -13,24 +13,28 @@
 package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.stocks.web;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
- * 
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ *
  */
 public class ServletConfigurationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testContext() throws Exception {
 
-		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext parent = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
-				"classpath:/server-bootstrap-config.xml");
+		XmlWebApplicationContext parent = new XmlWebApplicationContext();
+		parent.setConfigLocation("classpath:/server-bootstrap-config.xml");
+		parent.refresh();
 
 		try {
 
-			ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
-					new String[] { "classpath:/servlet-config.xml" }, parent);
+			XmlWebApplicationContext context = new XmlWebApplicationContext();
+			context.setParent(parent);
+			context.setConfigLocation("classpath:/servlet-config.xml");
 			context.close();
 
 		} finally {