diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0ff8be62d..9b3aab7682 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 	<inceptionYear>2013</inceptionYear>
 
 	<properties>
-		<spring.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 
 		<gpg.skip>false</gpg.skip>
@@ -353,6 +352,19 @@
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>simple-jndi</groupId>
@@ -386,35 +398,30 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
@@ -553,7 +560,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -673,5 +679,15 @@
 			<version>19.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>