diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 8d2573d1..95536909 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -471,6 +471,23 @@
 
 		</profile>
 
+		<profile>
+
+			<id>spring42</id>
+
+			<properties>
+				<spring>4.2.0.RC1</spring>
+			</properties>
+
+			<repositories>
+				<repository>
+					<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
+					<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
+				</repository>
+			</repositories>
+
+		</profile>
+
 		<profile>
 
 			<id>spring42-next</id>