diff --git a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/preface/getting-spring-security.adoc b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/preface/getting-spring-security.adoc
index 0a483c3073..3e2e7769a3 100644
--- a/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/preface/getting-spring-security.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/_includes/preface/getting-spring-security.adoc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If you wish to override the Spring Security version, you may do so by providing
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 <properties>
 	<!-- ... -->
-	<spring-security.version>{spring-security-version}</spring.security.version>
+	<spring-security.version>{spring-security-version}</spring-security.version>
 </dependencies>
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