diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ddbced3a..c6d6174e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 		<spring-cloud-build.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-build.version>
-		<spring-boot.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT<</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-boot.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>