diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 717c3b76b8..395b12a278 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
@@ -217,8 +216,6 @@
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
-        <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <!-- util -->
         <jsonpath.version>2.2.0</jsonpath.version>
         <!-- testing -->
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
index 8c0062f538..49590758cc 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-web-modules</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-6</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-spring-6</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -19,26 +20,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- web -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${javax.servlet-api.version}</version>
+            <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.servlet-api.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>${jstl.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
@@ -57,9 +50,9 @@
             <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
-            <version>${javax.el.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.expressly</groupId>
+            <artifactId>expressly</artifactId>
+            <version>${expressly.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -98,9 +91,11 @@
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
-        <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-        <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b08</javax.el.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <expressly.version>5.0.0</expressly.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <jakarta.servlet-api.version>6.0.0</jakarta.servlet-api.version>
+        <spring-boot-starter-test.version>3.1.5</spring-boot-starter-test.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/ConstraintViolationExceptionHandler.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/ConstraintViolationExceptionHandler.java
index 645b36c2a5..d3d833a696 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/ConstraintViolationExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/ConstraintViolationExceptionHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ResponseEntityExceptionHandler;
 
-import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
+import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
 
 @ControllerAdvice
 public class ConstraintViolationExceptionHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionHandler {
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/paramsvalidation/RequestAndPathVariableValidationController.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/paramsvalidation/RequestAndPathVariableValidationController.java
index 4768237871..e1842564ac 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/paramsvalidation/RequestAndPathVariableValidationController.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/paramsvalidation/RequestAndPathVariableValidationController.java
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 
-import javax.validation.constraints.Max;
-import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
-import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;
-import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Max;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Min;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Size;
 
 @Controller
 @RequestMapping("/public/api/1")
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/Person.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/Person.java
index ed2fa903ef..a08f0f515c 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/Person.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/Person.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.baeldung.spring.taglibrary;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
 
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/PersonController.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/PersonController.java
index 0fcb66f2dd..79e65b1fde 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/PersonController.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/taglibrary/PersonController.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 
-import javax.validation.Valid;
+import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;