Maven : Spring 4 + Spring Security
You should be fine using Spring 4. As described in the documentation:
"Spring Security builds against Spring Framework 3.2.6.RELEASE, but is also tested against Spring Framework 4.0.0.RELEASE. This means you can use Spring Security 3.2.0.RELEASE with Spring Framework 4.0.0.RELEASE."
They go on to describe strategies for integrating Spring 4 with Spring Security in your project. Like this one:
<dependencyManagement> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-framework-bom</artifactId> <version>4.0.0.RELEASE</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> </dependencies></dependencyManagement>