diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 77d5d1c9549..c59270e59b8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 		<spring-social-facebook.version>3.0.0.M3</spring-social-facebook.version>
 		<spring-social-linkedin.version>2.0.0.M3</spring-social-linkedin.version>
 		<spring-social-twitter.version>2.0.0.M4</spring-social-twitter.version>
-		<spring-ws.version>2.4.0.RELEASE</spring-ws.version>
+		<spring-ws.version>3.0.0.RC1</spring-ws.version>
 		<sqlite-jdbc.version>3.20.1</sqlite-jdbc.version>
 		<statsd-client.version>3.1.0</statsd-client.version>
 		<sun-mail.version>${javax-mail.version}</sun-mail.version>