diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a07264d4dd..7133a8ffd6 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,11 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.springframework.expression</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-            <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <!-- Used by SPEL -->
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm-all</artifactId>
-        </dependency>          
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.springframework.core</artifactId>
@@ -31,6 +27,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.springframework.context</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.springframework.transaction</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.springframework.aop</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/AbstractExpressionBasedMethodConfigAttribute.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/AbstractExpressionBasedMethodConfigAttribute.java
index e960fc2755..7f47cd4b6c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/AbstractExpressionBasedMethodConfigAttribute.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/AbstractExpressionBasedMethodConfigAttribute.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package org.springframework.security.expression.method;
 
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ParseException;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.antlr.SpelAntlrExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.security.ConfigAttribute;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ abstract class AbstractExpressionBasedMethodConfigAttribute implements ConfigAtt
      */
     AbstractExpressionBasedMethodConfigAttribute(String filterExpression, String authorizeExpression) throws ParseException {
         Assert.isTrue(filterExpression != null || authorizeExpression != null, "Filter and authorization Expressions cannot both be null");
-        SpelExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+        SpelAntlrExpressionParser parser = new SpelAntlrExpressionParser();
         this.filterExpression = filterExpression == null ? null : parser.parseExpression(filterExpression);
         this.authorizeExpression = authorizeExpression == null ? null : parser.parseExpression(authorizeExpression);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/ExpressionAnnotationMethodDefinitionSource.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/ExpressionAnnotationMethodDefinitionSource.java
index 7bc5b1bf7a..ef0bee8d10 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/ExpressionAnnotationMethodDefinitionSource.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/method/ExpressionAnnotationMethodDefinitionSource.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.expression.ParseException;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.antlr.SpelAntlrExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.security.ConfigAttribute;
 import org.springframework.security.config.SecurityConfigurationException;
 import org.springframework.security.expression.SecurityExpressionHandler;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class ExpressionAnnotationMethodDefinitionSource extends AbstractMethodDe
     private ExpressionParser parser;
 
     public ExpressionAnnotationMethodDefinitionSource() {
-        parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+        parser = new SpelAntlrExpressionParser();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler.java
index fa71fcdf09..76ef6ca82a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelExpressionParser;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.StandardEvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.antlr.SpelAntlrExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.AuthenticationTrustResolver;
 import org.springframework.security.AuthenticationTrustResolverImpl;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler implements SecurityExpressionHandl
     private ParameterNameDiscoverer parameterNameDiscoverer = new LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer();
     private PermissionEvaluator permissionEvaluator = new DenyAllPermissionEvaluator();
     private AuthenticationTrustResolver trustResolver = new AuthenticationTrustResolverImpl();
-    private ExpressionParser expressionParser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+    private ExpressionParser expressionParser = new SpelAntlrExpressionParser();
 
     public DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler() {
     }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler implements SecurityExpressionHandl
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public Object filter(Object filterTarget, Expression filterExpression, EvaluationContext ctx) {
-        MethodSecurityExpressionRoot rootObject = (MethodSecurityExpressionRoot) ctx.getRootContextObject();
+        MethodSecurityExpressionRoot rootObject = (MethodSecurityExpressionRoot) ctx.getRootObject();
         List retainList;
 
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class DefaultSecurityExpressionHandler implements SecurityExpressionHandl
     }
 
     public void setReturnObject(Object returnObject, EvaluationContext ctx) {
-        ((MethodSecurityExpressionRoot)ctx.getRootContextObject()).setReturnObject(returnObject);
+        ((MethodSecurityExpressionRoot)ctx.getRootObject()).setReturnObject(returnObject);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityEvaluationContext.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityEvaluationContext.java
index 3d2e7e4686..0aef42ebac 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityEvaluationContext.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityEvaluationContext.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
 import org.springframework.core.LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.StandardEvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityExpressionRootTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityExpressionRootTests.java
index c6ac30ef45..48cf99243a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityExpressionRootTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/expression/support/MethodSecurityExpressionRootTests.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import org.jmock.Mockery;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelExpressionParser;
-import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.StandardEvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.antlr.SpelAntlrExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.AuthenticationTrustResolver;
 import org.springframework.security.expression.ExpressionUtils;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.expression.PermissionEvaluator;
  * @version $Id$
  */
 public class MethodSecurityExpressionRootTests {
-    SpelExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+    SpelAntlrExpressionParser parser = new SpelAntlrExpressionParser();
     MethodSecurityExpressionRoot root;
     StandardEvaluationContext ctx;
     Mockery jmock = new Mockery();
diff --git a/itest/web/pom.xml b/itest/web/pom.xml
index 5653486c5f..c7b9c54a15 100644
--- a/itest/web/pom.xml
+++ b/itest/web/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             <artifactId>jetty-naming</artifactId>
             <version>${jetty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>        
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-plus</artifactId>
@@ -44,14 +44,16 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jsp-2.1</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
             <version>${jetty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+<!--        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsp-api-2.1</artifactId>
             <version>${jetty.version}</version>
-        </dependency>               
+        </dependency>
+-->        
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c0d4e377a..6104dffb07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <modules>
         <module>core</module>
-        <module>portlet</module>
+        <!-- module>portlet</module -->
         <module>ntlm</module>
         <module>openid</module>
         <module>samples</module>
@@ -633,10 +633,12 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                         <artifactId>com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+<!--
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
                         <artifactId>com.springsource.org.antlr</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+-->
                 </exclusions>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
@@ -731,7 +733,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3.0.RC1</version>
+                <version>1.3.0.RELEASE</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -757,16 +759,19 @@
                 <artifactId>com.springsource.org.aspectj.weaver</artifactId>
                 <version>1.6.2.RELEASE</version>
             </dependency>
+            
+<!-- Used by SPEL     
             <dependency>
-                <!-- Used by SPEL -->
+
                 <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
                 <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
                 <version>3.0.1</version>
                 <optional>true</optional>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
+-->              
             <dependency>
-                <!-- Used by SPEL -->
+                <!-- Required by SPEL -->
                 <groupId>asm</groupId>
                 <artifactId>asm-all</artifactId>
                 <version>2.2.3</version>
@@ -841,9 +846,9 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>3.0.0.M1</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>3.0.0.M2</spring.version>
         <jstl.version>1.1.2</jstl.version>
-        <jetty.version>6.1.14</jetty.version>
+        <jetty.version>6.1.15</jetty.version>
 
         <docbook.source>${basedir}/src/docbkx</docbook.source>
         <docbook.target>${basedir}/target/site/guide</docbook.target>
diff --git a/samples/ldap/pom.xml b/samples/ldap/pom.xml
index 61bd0491ce..c43e98a8a0 100644
--- a/samples/ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/ldap/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>