diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4ba2f43a..60b84c66b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<name>Spring Data Common Interfaces and Implementations</name>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<spring.version>3.0.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<aspectj.version>1.6.9</aspectj.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.6.0</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         
     </dependencies>