diff --git a/examples/features/standard/camel/camel-war/pom.xml b/examples/features/standard/camel/camel-war/pom.xml
index fe68651ebc..85897feb32 100644
--- a/examples/features/standard/camel/camel-war/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/features/standard/camel/camel-war/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ under the License.
          <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
          <version>${spring.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+         <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
+         <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
          <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
          <artifactId>camel-spring</artifactId>
-         <version>2.20.0</version>
+         <version>3.16.0</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/features/standard/spring-boot-integration/pom.xml b/examples/features/standard/spring-boot-integration/pom.xml
index 703b5f1e4c..ca12135f66 100644
--- a/examples/features/standard/spring-boot-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/features/standard/spring-boot-integration/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/../../../..</activemq.basedir>
 
 		<!-- AMQP Spring Starter -->
-		<amqp-10-jms-spring.version>2.0.1</amqp-10-jms-spring.version>
+		<amqp-10-jms-spring.version>2.5.7</amqp-10-jms-spring.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
index 884f8ef76b..b96c3c878b 100644
--- a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <jmdns-version>3.4.1</jmdns-version>
       <ftpserver-version>1.0.6</ftpserver-version>
       <jmock-version>2.5.1</jmock-version>
-      <spring-version>3.2.11.RELEASE</spring-version>
+      <spring-version>5.3.18</spring-version>
       <org-apache-derby-version>10.11.1.1</org-apache-derby-version>
       <commons-net-version>3.3</commons-net-version>
       <xbean-version>3.18</xbean-version>
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+         <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+         <version>${spring-version}</version>
+         <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
          <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 0a8d52a468..91d6fddf07 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@
          <version>${karaf.version}</version>
          <type>tar.gz</type>
          <scope>test</scope>
+         <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
+               <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 609a4c2aa2..3bcd22b33f 100644
--- a/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/karaf-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@
          <version>${karaf.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
          <type>tar.gz</type>
+         <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
+               <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>