diff --git a/core/core.gradle b/core/core.gradle
index e565dc1087..4e7a4f9948 100644
--- a/core/core.gradle
+++ b/core/core.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ classes.doLast {
 
 sourceJar.from cryptoProject.sourceSets.main.java
 
-configure([test,spring4Test]) {
+configure([test]) {
     systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
     systemProperties['springVersion'] = springVersion
 }
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
index b1d78ec659..9ec1ab871c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class SpringSecurityCoreVersion {
      */
     public static final long SERIAL_VERSION_UID = 320L;
 
-    static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "3.2.8.RELEASE";
+    static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "4.0.2.RELEASE";
 
     static {
         performVersionChecks();
diff --git a/crypto/crypto.gradle b/crypto/crypto.gradle
index 95299e61d7..1c15126a10 100644
--- a/crypto/crypto.gradle
+++ b/crypto/crypto.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // isJdk6 = jdkVersion >= '1.6'
 int maxAESKeySize = javax.crypto.Cipher.getMaxAllowedKeyLength('AES')
 
-configure([test,spring4Test]) {
+configure(test) {
     if (maxAESKeySize < 256) {
         println "AES keysize limited to $maxAESKeySize, skipping EncryptorsTests"
         exclude '**/EncryptorsTests.class'
diff --git a/taglibs/taglibs.gradle b/taglibs/taglibs.gradle
index 1cbcf3266f..20d9f19d52 100644
--- a/taglibs/taglibs.gradle
+++ b/taglibs/taglibs.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntime "javax.servlet:jstl:$jstlVersion"
 }
 
-configure([test,spring4Test]) {
+configure(test) {
     systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
 }
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