diff --git a/META-INF/maven/com.atlassian.plugin/atlassian-spring-scanner-runtime/pom.xml b/META-INF/maven/com.atlassian.plugin/atlassian-spring-scanner-runtime/pom.xml
index befce854..f38228a8 100644
--- a/META-INF/maven/com.atlassian.plugin/atlassian-spring-scanner-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/META-INF/maven/com.atlassian.plugin/atlassian-spring-scanner-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <!-- need version which supports JDK 8 to load spring context from xml file -->
-            <version>5.2.24.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>6.0.15</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>