diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5dadbd79ff..8b9841716a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 		<activemq.version>5.12.1</activemq.version>
 		<camel.version>2.17.0</camel.version>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>1.0.2.RELEASE</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>1.4.0.RC1</spring-boot.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
@@ -100,6 +101,13 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
index 668b9f7057..adc2bbbff7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>1.0.2.RELEASE</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 		<spring-cloud-zookeeper.version>1.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-zookeeper.version>
 		<spring-cloud-netflix.version>1.1.5.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-netflix.version>
-		<spring-boot.version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-boot.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
@@ -174,13 +173,6 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
-				<type>pom</type>
-				<scope>import</scope>
-			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 	<profiles>