diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84d8b1d..cb47b85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <servlet.api.version>6.1.0</servlet.api.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.4</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>5.20.0</mockito.version>
-        <spring.boot.version>4.0.5</spring.boot.version>
+        <spring.boot.version>4.1.0-RC1</spring.boot.version>
         <testbench.version>10.2-SNAPSHOT</testbench.version>
         <vaadin.license.checker.version>3.0.1</vaadin.license.checker.version>
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
             <id>it-tests</id>
             <activation>
                 <property>
-                    <name>!skipIt</name>
+                    <name>!skipITs</name>
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <modules>