diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9ac5ed3fb..b6f6c278be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
    </modules>
 
    <properties>
-      <alfresco.version>5.0.1</alfresco.version>
+      <alfresco.version>5.1.a-EA</alfresco.version>
       <app.war.location>${project.build.directory}/${webapp.id.name}.war</app.war.location>
       <alfresco.base.version>${alfresco.version}</alfresco.base.version>
 
diff --git a/rm-server/pom.xml b/rm-server/pom.xml
index 1a27786e88..476c419d4b 100644
--- a/rm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-server/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <alfresco.client.contextPath>/alfresco</alfresco.client.contextPath>
       <alfresco.postgres.version>9.1-901.jdbc4</alfresco.postgres.version>
       <alfresco.mysql.version>5.1.31</alfresco.mysql.version>
+      <alfresco.spring.webscripts>5.1.2</alfresco.spring.webscripts>
       <webapp.id.name>alfresco</webapp.id.name>
       <webapp.id>${webapp.id.name}</webapp.id>
    </properties>
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.springframework.extensions.surf</groupId>
          <artifactId>spring-webscripts</artifactId>
-         <version>${alfresco.base.version}</version>
+         <version>${alfresco.spring.webscripts}</version>
          <classifier>tests</classifier>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>