diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 140109d..a32eea9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
@@ -580,6 +580,6 @@
     <!-- Other properties -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <spring.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>3.2.9.RELEASE</spring.version>
   </properties>
 </project>