diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 7d7e782472..0e9d56353c 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ effect on the stubs loaded explicitly from the `stubs` attribute.
 
 For a more conventional WireMock experience, you can use JUnit `@Rules` to start and stop
 the server. To do so, use the `WireMockSpring` convenience class to obtain an `Options`
-instance, as shown in the followin example:
+instance, as shown in the following example:
 
 [source,java,indent=0]
 ----
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e677a4b900..6790dad97c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 	<inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
 
 	<properties>
-		<spring-boot.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-boot.version>
 		<checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
 		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-build.version>
 		<spring-cloud-zookeeper.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-zookeeper.version>