diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2565b52e4a6..d7805e3cd31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 		<maven_source_plugin_version>2.4</maven_source_plugin_version>
 		<phloc_schematron_version>2.7.1</phloc_schematron_version>
 		<phloc_commons_version>4.4.5</phloc_commons_version>
-		<spring_version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring_version>
+		<spring_version>4.3.1.RELEASE</spring_version>
 		<thymeleaf-version>3.0.1.RELEASE</thymeleaf-version>
 		<xmlunit_version>1.6</xmlunit_version>
 
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 552e3c154b4..f9a4ebb56ba 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	</properties>
 	<body>
 		<release version="2.2" date="TBD">
-			<action type="add">
+			<!--<action type="add">
 				Bump the version of a few dependencies to the
 				latest versions (dependent HAPI modules listed in brackets):
 				<![CDATA[
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 						<li>spring (JPA): 4.3.1 -&gt; 4.3.4</li>
 					</ul>
 				]]>
-			</action>
+			</action>-->
 		<action type="fix">
 				Fix issue in AuthorizationIntetceptor where
 				transactions are blocked even when they
