diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index 4bfc6233d4..a6373f10ec 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
@@ -53,9 +54,10 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     @Bean
-    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+    @Autowired
+    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager(final SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
         final HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
-        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
+        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory);
 
         return txManager;
     }
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index 45f6dbbe8e..fbb4059f1c 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.0.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.27</mysql-connector-java.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.28</mysql-connector-java.version>
 		<tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.42</tomcat-dbcp.version>
 
 		<!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index f66e554316..aad79bea00 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
@@ -53,9 +54,10 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     @Bean
-    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+    @Autowired
+    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager(final SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
         final HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
-        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
+        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory);
 
         return txManager;
     }