diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1acb454..97c769e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <spring-framework.version>4.2.6.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
     </properties>
 
     <parent>
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency><!-- for Issue6Test -->
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.5.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>