diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40271c14a5..68c304bda3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-cli.version>1.5.0</commons-cli.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
+        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <jstl-api.version>1.2</jstl-api.version>
         <javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>2.3.3</javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
diff --git a/spring-jersey/pom.xml b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
index 674a5a48d6..cb1a683cfe 100644
--- a/spring-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.9</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.5</httpclient.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.27.2</wiremock.version>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.10.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-static-resources/pom.xml b/spring-static-resources/pom.xml
index e397707b40..ca7f944d23 100644
--- a/spring-static-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-static-resources/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <handlebars.version>4.1.0</handlebars.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.10</joda-time.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <inject.version>1</inject.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <yuicompressor-maven-plugin.version>1.5.1</yuicompressor-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
index f4c35b6782..79d1531274 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-2/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <deploy-path>enter-location-of-server</deploy-path>
         <org.thymeleaf-version>3.0.11.RELEASE</org.thymeleaf-version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml
index 11a571eacd..79cf82bc0b 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-views/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <spring.version>5.2.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.security.version>5.2.1.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <spring.data.version>2.2.2.RELEASE</spring.data.version>
diff --git a/testing-modules/spring-testing/pom.xml b/testing-modules/spring-testing/pom.xml
index 08b56c9a1a..b2ef0a59ad 100644
--- a/testing-modules/spring-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/spring-testing/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
         <java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</java-hamcrest.version>
         <awaitility.version>3.1.6</awaitility.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.4</spring.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <javax.persistence.version>2.1.1</javax.persistence.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/web-modules/javax-servlets-2/pom.xml b/web-modules/javax-servlets-2/pom.xml
index 1c008ceb9a..81616e0055 100644
--- a/web-modules/javax-servlets-2/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/javax-servlets-2/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
         <jmockit.version>1.49</jmockit.version>
         <spring-test.version>5.3.20</spring-test.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/web-modules/javax-servlets/pom.xml b/web-modules/javax-servlets/pom.xml
index 298c8562e4..80a1e3af9f 100644
--- a/web-modules/javax-servlets/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/javax-servlets/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     <properties>
         <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.3</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>4.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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