diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/pom.xml b/spring-integration-xml/pom.xml
index 0e6df3db05..e671d9571a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-xml</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.9</version>
+			<version>${org.springframework.ws.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- test-scoped dependencies -->
 		<dependency>