diff --git a/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/pom.xml b/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/pom.xml
index 7fb3ecc9..ef431043 100644
--- a/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dkpro.jwpl</groupId>
             <artifactId>dkpro-jwpl-mwdumper</artifactId>
diff --git a/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/src/main/java/org/dkpro/jwpl/wikimachine/factory/SpringFactory.java b/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/src/main/java/org/dkpro/jwpl/wikimachine/factory/SpringFactory.java
index c3670b4e..0e5aa083 100644
--- a/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/src/main/java/org/dkpro/jwpl/wikimachine/factory/SpringFactory.java
+++ b/dkpro-jwpl-wikimachine/src/main/java/org/dkpro/jwpl/wikimachine/factory/SpringFactory.java
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext;
 
 import org.dkpro.jwpl.wikimachine.debug.ILogger;
 import org.dkpro.jwpl.wikimachine.decompression.IDecompressor;
@@ -67,19 +66,26 @@ private static BeanFactory getBeanFactory() {
 		File outerContextFile = new File(OUTER_APPLICATION_CONTEXT);
 		boolean outerContextFileProper = outerContextFile.exists()
 				&& outerContextFile.isFile() && outerContextFile.canRead();
-		Resource res = (outerContextFileProper) ? new FileSystemResource(outerContextFile) :
-						new ClassPathResource(INNER_APPLICATION_CONTEXT);
-		return new XmlBeanFactory(res);
+
+		AbstractXmlApplicationContext ctx;
+		if (outerContextFileProper) {
+			ctx = new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(OUTER_APPLICATION_CONTEXT);
+		} else {
+			ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(INNER_APPLICATION_CONTEXT);
+		}
+		return ctx;
 	}
 
 	public static SpringFactory getInstance() {
 		return instance;
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public ILogger getLogger() {
 		return (ILogger) factory.getBean(LOG_BEAN);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public IDecompressor getDecompressor() {
 		return (IDecompressor) factory.getBean(DECOMPRESSOR_BEAN);
 	}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f8aa912..6edb0097 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <fau.utils.version>3.0.8</fau.utils.version>
     <org.sweble.wikitext.version>3.1.9</org.sweble.wikitext.version>
 
-    <spring.version>5.3.30</spring.version>
+    <spring.version>6.0.13</spring.version>
 
     <!-- DB specific dependency versions -->
     <hibernate.version>6.1.7.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@
         <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
         <version>${spring.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.wikimedia</groupId>
         <artifactId>mwdumper</artifactId>