Sorry for the mess. This works:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.camunda.bpm.getstarted</groupId>
<artifactId>loanapproval-spring</artifactId>
<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<camunda.version>7.7.0</camunda.version>
<spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
<artifactId>camunda-bom</artifactId>
<version>${camunda.version}</version>
<scope>import</scope>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-framework-bom</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
<artifactId>camunda-engine</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
<artifactId>camunda-engine-spring</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>