diff --git a/workshops/txeventq-kafka/springboot-kafka/pom.xml b/workshops/txeventq-kafka/springboot-kafka/pom.xml
index 9b509e8c4..ac9cebc7a 100644
--- a/workshops/txeventq-kafka/springboot-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/workshops/txeventq-kafka/springboot-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <javax-annotation.version>1.3.2</javax-annotation.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.7.2</spring-boot.version>
-        <spring-core.version>5.3.22</spring-core.version>
+        <spring-core.version>6.1.14</spring-core.version>
         <spring-kafka.version>2.8.8</spring-kafka.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <oracle-jdbc.version>21.6.0.0.1</oracle-jdbc.version>