diff --git a/cas-client-core/pom.xml b/cas-client-core/pom.xml
index 488f5ce..e03c7a5 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/pom.xml
+++ b/cas-client-core/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
-        <version>3.1-RC2</version>
+        <version>3.1-RC3</version>
         <artifactId>cas-client</artifactId>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -56,36 +56,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.6</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.6</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-dao</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-jpa</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>xml-security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
@@ -121,6 +91,5 @@
 			<version>2.5.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>		
-
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a2aea9..b782c82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <project>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
-    <version>3.1-RC2</version>
+    <version>3.1-RC3</version>
     <artifactId>cas-client</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>JA-SIG CAS Client for Java</name>