diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 1041784f..20641045
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 		<hibernate-annotations-version>3.3.1.GA</hibernate-annotations-version>
 		<hibernate-entitymanager-version>3.3.2.GA
 		</hibernate-entitymanager-version>
-		<spring-version>3.0.0.RELEASE</spring-version>
+		<spring-version>6.0.0</spring-version>
 		<tapestry-release-version>5.2.1-SNAPSHOT</tapestry-release-version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>