diff --git a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
index 93216d9b8..343223992 100644
--- a/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <logback.version>1.5.34</logback.version>
     <cf-logging.version>4.2.0</cf-logging.version>
     <apache-tomcat-embed.version>11.0.22</apache-tomcat-embed.version>
-    <mcp-core.version>1.1.3</mcp-core.version>
+    <mcp-core.version>2.0.0</mcp-core.version>
     <!-- Skip end-to-end tests by default, can be overridden with -DskipTests=false -->
     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
     <!-- Allow logging frameworks because this module is not released -->