diff --git a/build-tools/dependency-constraints/src/main/groovy/com/vmware/gemfire/gradle/plugins/DependencyConstraints.groovy b/build-tools/dependency-constraints/src/main/groovy/com/vmware/gemfire/gradle/plugins/DependencyConstraints.groovy
index 09aceab..29292ea 100644
--- a/build-tools/dependency-constraints/src/main/groovy/com/vmware/gemfire/gradle/plugins/DependencyConstraints.groovy
+++ b/build-tools/dependency-constraints/src/main/groovy/com/vmware/gemfire/gradle/plugins/DependencyConstraints.groovy
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class DependencyConstraints {
     depVersionMapping.put("springVersion","6.0.12")
     depVersionMapping.put("springBootVersion","3.0.11")
     depVersionMapping.put("springDataCommonsVersion","3.0.10")
-    depVersionMapping.put("springSessionVersion","3.0.3")
     depVersionMapping.put("multithreadedtcVersion","1.01")
     depVersionMapping.put("apacheLogging","2.14.1")
     depVersionMapping.put("jsr305Version","3.0.2")
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ class DependencyConstraints {
         api(group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-test', version: get('springSecurityVersion'))
         api(group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-web', version: get('springSecurityVersion'))
         api(group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-core', version: get('springSecurityVersion'))
-        api(group: 'org.springframework.session', name: 'spring-session-core', version: get('springSessionVersion'))
         api(group: 'org.springframework.shell', name: 'spring-shell', version: get('springShellVersion'))
         api(group: 'org.webjars', name: 'bootstrap', version: '2.3.2')
         api(group: 'org.webjars', name: 'jquery', version: '1.12.4')
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 59ff368..d89b8e2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ springDataGemFireVersion=1.1.2
 version=1.1.1-build.9999
 gemfireVersion=9.15.8
 springDataBaseVersion=SD30
+springSessionVersion=3.0.3
 
 additionalMavenRepoURLs=''
 mavenPushRepository=
diff --git a/spring-session-data-gemfire/build.gradle b/spring-session-data-gemfire/build.gradle
index 18b5852..78ae37b 100644
--- a/spring-session-data-gemfire/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-session-data-gemfire/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ java {
 }
 
 javadoc {
-  title = "Spring Session for VMware GemFire Java API Reference"
+  title = "Spring Session ${getSpringSessionBaseVersion()} for VMware GemFire ${getGemFireBaseVersion()} Java API Reference"
   failOnError=false
 }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'org.springframework:spring-jcl'
 
   api "com.vmware.gemfire:spring-data-3.0-gemfire-${getGemFireBaseVersion()}:${springDataGemFireVersion}"
-  api 'org.springframework.session:spring-session-core:3.0.2'
+  api "org.springframework.session:spring-session-core:$springSessionVersion"
 
 
   implementation 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305'
@@ -134,9 +134,17 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 String getGemFireBaseVersion() {
-  def split = "${gemfireVersion}".split("\\.")
+  return getBaseVersion(gemfireVersion)
+}
+
+String getSpringSessionBaseVersion() {
+  return getBaseVersion(springSessionVersion)
+}
+
+static String getBaseVersion(String version) {
+  def split = "${version}".split("\\.")
   if (split.length < 2) {
-    throw new RuntimeException("gemfireVersion is malformed")
+    throw new RuntimeException("version '$version' is malformed")
   }
   return "${split[0]}.${split[1]}"
 }