diff --git a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/AbstractExpressionParser.java b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/AbstractExpressionParser.java
index 4ffe3d66..5dca7269 100644
--- a/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/AbstractExpressionParser.java
+++ b/spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/expression/support/AbstractExpressionParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractExpressionParser implements ExpressionParser {
 	/**
 	 * The expression prefix.
 	 */
-	private static final String DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_PREFIX = "#{";
+	private static final String DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_PREFIX = "${";
 
 	/**
 	 * The expression suffix.