diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6092d42..892b616f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@
 		<lombok.version>1.18.38</lombok.version>
 		<reactor-bom.version>2024.0.5</reactor-bom.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-		<spring.version>6.2.6</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>7.0.0-M1</spring.version>
 		<spring-plugin.version>3.0.0</spring-plugin.version>
-		<kotlin.version>1.9.25</kotlin.version>
-		<kotlinx-coroutines.version>1.9.0</kotlinx-coroutines.version>
+		<kotlin.version>2.1.0</kotlin.version>
+		<kotlinx-coroutines.version>1.10.1</kotlinx-coroutines.version>
 		<mockk.version>1.14.0</mockk.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/CustomHypermediaWebFluxTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/CustomHypermediaWebFluxTest.java
index 7d04f28f..4780bc35 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/CustomHypermediaWebFluxTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/CustomHypermediaWebFluxTest.java
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.config.EnableWebFlux;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ExchangeStrategies;
 
 /**
  * @author Greg Turnquist
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 class CustomHypermediaWebFluxTest {
 
@@ -56,8 +58,7 @@ class CustomHypermediaWebFluxTest {
 
 		this.testClient = WebTestClient.bindToApplicationContext(ctx).build() //
 				.mutate() //
-				.exchangeStrategies(
-						it -> it.codecs(inner -> inner.defaultCodecs().configureDefaultCodec(webClientConfigurer.customizer))) //
+				.exchangeStrategies(ExchangeStrategies.builder().codecs(it -> it.defaultCodecs().configureDefaultCodec(webClientConfigurer.customizer)).build())
 				.build();
 	}