diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e084b0e1..424d55d72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -52,30 +51,25 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -93,14 +87,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
@@ -179,7 +171,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>