diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 2c189bde4b..5acdae7765 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>4.3.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <javassist.version>3.20.0-GA</javassist.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.38</mysql-connector-java.version>
-        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
+        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.10.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.192</h2.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/JpaMultipleDBIntegrationTest.java b/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/JpaMultipleDBIntegrationTest.java
index e036a4f3c1..7e6b2722fa 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/JpaMultipleDBIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/JpaMultipleDBIntegrationTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.baeldung.persistence.service;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import org.baeldung.config.ProductConfig;
 import org.baeldung.config.UserConfig;
@@ -57,10 +58,13 @@ public class JpaMultipleDBIntegrationTest {
         user2.setAge(10);
         try {
             user2 = userRepository.save(user2);
+            userRepository.flush();
+            fail("DataIntegrityViolationException should be thrown!");
         } catch (final DataIntegrityViolationException e) {
+            // Expected
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            fail("DataIntegrityViolationException should be thrown, instead got: " + e);
         }
-
-        assertNull(userRepository.findOne(user2.getId()));
     }
 
     @Test