diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 326908b..b84078e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ allprojects {
 description = 'Spring Test Framework for Apache Geode and VMware Tanzu GemFire using Spring Data.'
 
 //ext['spring.version'] = "$springVersion"
-//ext['spring-framework.version'] = "$springVersion"
+ext['spring-framework.version'] = "$springVersion"
 ext['spring-data-bom.version'] = "$springDataBomVersion"
 
 ext.releaseBuild = version.endsWith('RELEASE')