diff --git a/ethereum/pom.xml b/ethereum/pom.xml
index 85cb260670..334840edaf 100644
--- a/ethereum/pom.xml
+++ b/ethereum/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     <name>ethereum</name>
 
     <parent>
-        <artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5-1</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/parent-spring-5-1/README.md b/parent-spring-5-1/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff12555376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent-spring-5-1/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+## Relevant articles:
diff --git a/parent-spring-5-1/pom.xml b/parent-spring-5-1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..983e5e63eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent-spring-5-1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <name>parent-spring-5-1</name>
+    <description>Parent for all spring 5 core modules</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <spring.version>5.0.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <junit.jupiter.version>5.0.2</junit.jupiter.version>
+        <jackson-databind.version>2.9.6</jackson-databind.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.9.6</jackson.version>
+		<spring-security.version>5.0.6.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/parent-spring-5/pom.xml b/parent-spring-5/pom.xml
index 6a15f38884..51a2c1fd1f 100644
--- a/parent-spring-5/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-spring-5/pom.xml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>5.0.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.0.2</junit.jupiter.version>
         <jackson-databind.version>2.9.6</jackson-databind.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.9.6</jackson.version>
-		<spring-security.version>5.0.6.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+		<spring-security.version>5.1.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index ee9e71a1cb..c5ad9b64f9 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-spring-5-1</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 63b9c3c1b0..4da0526ca6 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-spring-5-1</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
         <org.springframework.data.version>2.1.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.data.version>
         <querydsl.version>4.1.4</querydsl.version>
         <mysema.maven.version>1.1.3</mysema.maven.version>
-        <spring.version>5.1.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <mongodb-reactivestreams.version>1.9.2</mongodb-reactivestreams.version>
         <projectreactor.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</projectreactor.version>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 324f6129db..13b866b968 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
                 <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
+                <module>parent-spring-5-1</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
                 <module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@
                 <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
+                <module>parent-spring-5-1</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
                 <module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 
@@ -993,6 +995,7 @@
                 <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
+                <module>parent-spring-5-1</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
                 <module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 
@@ -1045,6 +1048,7 @@
                 <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
+                <module>parent-spring-5-1</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
                 <module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 
@@ -1312,6 +1316,7 @@
                 <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
+                <module>parent-spring-5-1</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
                 <module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 
@@ -1544,6 +1549,7 @@
                 <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-4</module>
                 <module>parent-spring-5</module>
+                <module>parent-spring-5-1</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
                 <module>parent-kotlin</module>
                 
diff --git a/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml b/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
index 7ac291740e..ea5eb8845e 100644
--- a/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5-1</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
index 5536314086..80818f4e88 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5-1</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 9d3e0ca1b2..b0b187ee84 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
      <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-        <artifactId>parent-spring-5</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-spring-5-1</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../parent-spring-5-1</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
index 65fa4339d6..087ffea46d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
@@ -154,25 +154,6 @@
                         <outputDirectory>${deploy-path}</outputDirectory>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>default-test</id>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <skip>true</skip>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                    <dependencies>
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>junit-platform-surefire-provider</artifactId>
-                            <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
-                        </dependency>
-                    </dependencies>
-                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <finalName>spring-mvc-simple</finalName>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
index a9c7e0cf15..082477c98c 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.spring;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateFactory.java b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateFactory.java
index 5e15648e9b..3ed0bc82b7 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateFactory.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
-import org.springframework.http.client.support.BasicAuthorizationInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.http.client.support.BasicAuthenticationInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class RestTemplateFactory implements FactoryBean<RestTemplate>, Initializ
         HttpHost host = new HttpHost("localhost", 8082, "http");
         final ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactoryBasicAuth(host);
         restTemplate = new RestTemplate(requestFactory);
-        restTemplate.getInterceptors().add(new BasicAuthorizationInterceptor("user1", "user1Pass"));
+        restTemplate.getInterceptors().add(new BasicAuthenticationInterceptor("user1", "user1Pass"));
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
index 2305a7b6c2..5876e1307b 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebMvc
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
index 6cf624c179..31b3f2be87 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration({ "/WebSecurityConfig.xml" })
+@ContextConfiguration({ "/webSecurityConfig.xml" })
 public class SpringContextIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/FooLiveTest.java b/spring-security-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/FooLiveTest.java
index 0a53da674a..86beeb46a9 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/FooLiveTest.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/web/FooLiveTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class FooLiveTest {
         // }
         // return RestAssured.given().cookie("JSESSIONID", cookie);
         return RestAssured.given()
-            .auth()
+            .auth().preemptive()
             .basic("user", "userPass");
     }