diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 13d38282..c9a2bd91 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 		<mockito>1.10.19</mockito>
 		<querydsl>3.6.2</querydsl>
 		<slf4j>1.7.10</slf4j>
-		<spring>4.0.9.RELEASE</spring>
+		<spring>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring>
 		<threetenbp>1.2</threetenbp>
 		<webbeans>1.2.7</webbeans>
 
@@ -448,33 +448,6 @@
 			</build>
 		</profile>
 
-		<profile>
-
-			<id>spring4-next</id>
-
-			<properties>
-				<spring>4.0.9.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring>
-			</properties>
-
-			<repositories>
-				<repository>
-					<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-					<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
-				</repository>
-			</repositories>
-
-		</profile>
-
-		<profile>
-
-			<id>spring41</id>
-
-			<properties>
-				<spring>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring>
-			</properties>
-
-		</profile>
-
 		<profile>
 
 			<id>spring41-next</id>