diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index 3c1cd2d0b6..d329bb12f0 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 		<javassist.version>3.18.1-GA</javassist.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.27</mysql-connector-java.version>
-		<tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.41</tomcat-dbcp.version>
+		<tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.47</tomcat-dbcp.version>
 
 		<!-- logging -->
 		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index fe84ff5f65..aaf0dd23e6 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
 import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
 import org.baeldung.persistence.service.FooService;
 import org.baeldung.spring.PersistenceConfig;
-import org.hibernate.exception.DataException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
         service.create(entity);
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = DataException.class)
+    @Test(expected = DataAccessException.class)
     public final void temp_whenInvalidEntityIsCreated_thenDataException() {
         service.create(new Foo(randomAlphabetic(2048)));
     }
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
index c383ed6341..08038ba23e 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
index b820175ec9..783dfd0625 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 8a1d800206..61ad000edf 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
index fe45280b33..0270d43096 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
index a7eb3546b2..7c856cd446 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->