diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2a4cff8e..5b1bafb51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		<source.level>17</source.level>
 		<artifactory-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</artifactory-maven-plugin.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.23.1</assertj.version>
-		<docs.resources.version>0.2.5</docs.resources.version>
+		<spring-asciidoctor-backends.version>0.0.3</spring-asciidoctor-backends.version>
 		<evo.version>1.3</evo.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.6</logback.version>
 		<jacoco>0.8.7</jacoco>
@@ -193,13 +193,6 @@
 			</properties>
 
 			<dependencies>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>io.spring.docresources</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-doc-resources</artifactId>
-					<version>${docs.resources.version}</version>
-					<type>zip</type>
-					<optional>true</optional>
-				</dependency>
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 					<artifactId>spring-data-build-resources</artifactId>
@@ -221,20 +214,6 @@
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
 						<executions>
-							<execution>
-								<id>unpack-doc-resources</id>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-								</goals>
-								<phase>generate-resources</phase>
-								<configuration>
-									<includeGroupIds>io.spring.docresources</includeGroupIds>
-									<includeArtifactIds>spring-doc-resources</includeArtifactIds>
-									<includeTypes>zip</includeTypes>
-									<excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
-									<outputDirectory>${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}</outputDirectory>
-								</configuration>
-							</execution>
 							<execution>
 								<id>unpack-shared-resources</id>
 								<goals>
@@ -356,14 +335,10 @@
 											<fileset dir="${generated-docs.directory}" includes="*.html"/>
 										</copy>
 
-										<!-- Copy and rename the Epub file -->
+										<!-- Copy and rename the PDF file -->
 										<copy failonerror="false" file="${generated-docs.directory}/index.pdf"
 										      tofile="target/site/reference/pdf/spring-hateoas-reference.pdf"/>
 
-										<!-- Copy and rename the PDF file -->
-										<copy failonerror="false" file="${generated-docs.directory}/index.epub"
-										      tofile="target/site/reference/epub/spring-hateoas-reference.epub"/>
-
 									</target>
 								</configuration>
 								<goals>
@@ -382,7 +357,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
 						<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>2.0.0-RC.1</version>
+						<version>2.2.2</version>
 						<dependencies>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
@@ -392,19 +367,20 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
 								<artifactId>asciidoctorj</artifactId>
-								<version>2.0.0-RC.1</version>
+								<version>2.5.3</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
 								<artifactId>asciidoctorj-pdf</artifactId>
-								<version>1.5.0-alpha.16</version>
-							</dependency>
-							<dependency>
-								<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
-								<artifactId>asciidoctorj-epub3</artifactId>
-								<version>1.5.0-alpha.8.1</version>
+								<version>1.6.2</version>
 							</dependency>
+              <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.spring.asciidoctor.backends</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-asciidoctor-backends</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-asciidoctor-backends.version}</version>
+              </dependency>
 						</dependencies>
+
 						<executions>
 
 							<execution>
@@ -416,7 +392,7 @@
 								<configuration>
 									<sourceDirectory>${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}</sourceDirectory>
 									<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc</sourceDocumentName>
-									<backend>html5</backend>
+                  <backend>spring-html</backend>
 									<outputDirectory>${generated-docs.directory}</outputDirectory>
 									<sourceHighlighter>highlight.js</sourceHighlighter>
 									<attributes>
@@ -425,28 +401,13 @@
 										<linkcss>true</linkcss>
 										<sectanchors>true</sectanchors>
 										<stylesdir>./css</stylesdir>
-										<stylesheet>spring.css</stylesheet>
+										<stylesheet>site.css</stylesheet>
 										<toc>left</toc>
 									</attributes>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>
 
 							<!-- Requires a fix to Javadoc generation first otherwise build duration explodes
-							<execution>
-								<id>epub</id>
-								<phase>compile</phase>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
-								</goals>
-								<configuration>
-									<sourceDirectory>${generated-asciidoc-sources.directory}</sourceDirectory>
-									<sourceDocumentName>index.adoc</sourceDocumentName>
-									<backend>epub3</backend>
-									<outputDirectory>${generated-docs.directory}</outputDirectory>
-									<sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
-								</configuration>
-							</execution>
-
 							<execution>
 								<id>pdf</id>
 								<phase>compile</phase>
@@ -1215,9 +1176,21 @@
 				<enabled>false</enabled>
 			</releases>
 		</repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>spring-release</id>
+      <name>Spring Releases</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/release</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
 	</repositories>
 
 	<pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>spring-plugins-release</id>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
 		<pluginRepository>
 			<id>bintray-plugins</id>
 			<name>bintray-plugins</name>