diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring5/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring5/pom.xml
index a2c20f76fd..63ef224937 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring5/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring5/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 <!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.11</version> <!-- must be 2.x, do not upgrade further-->
+                <version>3.5.7</version> <!-- must be 2.x, do not upgrade further-->
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/pom.xml
index 9412f19b55..38ecf7ccbe 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <apm-agent-parent.base.dir>${project.basedir}/../..</apm-agent-parent.base.dir>
 
         <!-- spring boot version to use for dependency management & testing -->
-        <version.spring-boot-2>2.7.16</version.spring-boot-2>
+        <version.spring-boot-2>3.5.7</version.spring-boot-2>
         <version.spring-boot-3>3.5.7</version.spring-boot-3>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/pom.xml
index 37f27fb049..3d5b2c50d8 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webmvc/apm-spring-webmvc-spring5/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                 <!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.16</version> <!-- must be 2.X to correspond to spring 5 -->
+                <version>3.5.7</version> <!-- must be 2.X to correspond to spring 5 -->
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/integration-tests/spring-boot-2/pom.xml b/integration-tests/spring-boot-2/pom.xml
index 63d62ae507..4b60fe987e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/spring-boot-2/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/spring-boot-2/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.16</version> <!-- no major upgrade here -->
+                <version>3.5.7</version> <!-- no major upgrade here -->
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>