diff --git a/activemq-core/pom.xml b/activemq-core/pom.xml
index b3a49f20a0..1df99bc8ad 100755
--- a/activemq-core/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-core/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@
       <artifactId>xbean-spring</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
-
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec4ad3bd25..138dc93199 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
-		        <version>2.0-rc1</version>
+		<version>2.0-m5</version>
                 <optional>true</optional>
 		        <exclusions>
 		          <exclusion>