diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5bb918c..cc501788 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   </dependencyManagement>
 
    <properties>
-      <spring.version>6.2.8</spring.version>
+      <spring.version>7.0.2</spring.version>
       <java.version>17</java.version>
       <maven.build.sourceVersion>${java.version}</maven.build.sourceVersion>
       <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/spring-surf-core/spring-surf-core-configservice/src/main/java/org/springframework/extensions/config/xml/XMLConfigService.java b/spring-surf-core/spring-surf-core-configservice/src/main/java/org/springframework/extensions/config/xml/XMLConfigService.java
index fdb6fde3..1a185e41 100644
--- a/spring-surf-core/spring-surf-core-configservice/src/main/java/org/springframework/extensions/config/xml/XMLConfigService.java
+++ b/spring-surf-core/spring-surf-core-configservice/src/main/java/org/springframework/extensions/config/xml/XMLConfigService.java
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ public static class PlaceholderResolvingStringValueResolver implements StringVal
 
 		public PlaceholderResolvingStringValueResolver(Properties props, String placeholderPrefix, String placeholderSuffix, String valueSeparator, boolean ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders) 
 		{
-			this.helper = new PropertyPlaceholderHelper(placeholderPrefix, placeholderSuffix, valueSeparator, ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders);
+			this.helper = new PropertyPlaceholderHelper(placeholderPrefix, placeholderSuffix, valueSeparator, null, ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders);
 			this.props = props;
 		}