diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80f7abcb92..9c0c37fe23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
     <!-- Spring 6 requires Java 17 -->
-    <spring.version>5.3.39</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>7.0.0</spring.version>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
     <!-- Commons Release Plugin -->
     <commons.bc.version>2.11.0</commons.bc.version>