diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index 6f3ff2c355..e801ff8c54 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index e23ae24f11..1859506e71 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index 52ad280548..fd0fe6f121 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index e2dfda178f..ebcc7f79a0 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 81428ddb2e..eb3831b4aa 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/spring-mvc/pom.xml b/spring-mvc/pom.xml
index 8e8969f0fd..b46d4b484e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc/pom.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-login/pom.xml
index b22672d8eb..c797ae3bcb 100644
--- a/spring-security-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-login/pom.xml
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<excludes>
 						<!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${cargo-maven2-plugin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<wait>true</wait>
 					<container>
@@ -168,25 +170,39 @@
 	</build>
 
 	<properties>
-		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <!-- Spring -->
+        <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
-		<!-- logging -->
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
+        <!-- persistence -->
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-		<!-- testing -->
-		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
 
-		<httpcore.version>4.2.4</httpcore.version>
-		<httpclient.version>4.2.5</httpclient.version>
+        <!-- various -->
+        <hibernate-validator.version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
-		<rest-assured.version>1.8.0</rest-assured.version>
-		<groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
+        <!-- util -->
+        <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
-	</properties>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
+        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+        <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
+
+        <httpcore.version>4.2.4</httpcore.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.2.5</httpclient.version>
+
+        <rest-assured.version>1.8.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
+
+        <!-- Maven plugins -->
+        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.2</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.14.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
index 8c41c2fece..909d32af74 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
@@ -1,200 +1,215 @@
-<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.baeldung</groupId>
-	<artifactId>spring-security-rest</artifactId>
-	<version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<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.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-security-rest</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-	<name>spring-security-rest</name>
-	<packaging>war</packaging>
+    <name>spring-security-rest</name>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
 
-	<dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
 
-		<!-- Spring Security -->
+        <!-- Spring Security -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<!-- Spring -->
+        <!-- Spring -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<!-- web -->
+        <!-- web -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.1</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<!-- util -->
+        <!-- util -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>14.0.1</version>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<!-- test scoped -->
+        <!-- test scoped -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${mockito.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
-	</dependencies>
+    </dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<finalName>spring-security-rest</finalName>
-		<resources>
-			<resource>
-				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-				<filtering>true</filtering>
-			</resource>
-		</resources>
+    <build>
+        <finalName>spring-security-rest</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
 
-		<plugins>
+        <plugins>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<excludes>
-						<!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
-					</excludes>
-					<systemPropertyVariables>
-						<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-					</systemPropertyVariables>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
+                    </excludes>
+                    <systemPropertyVariables>
+                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
+                    </systemPropertyVariables>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<wait>true</wait>
-					<container>
-						<containerId>jetty8x</containerId>
-						<type>embedded</type>
-						<systemProperties>
-							<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>cargo</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-						</systemProperties>
-					</container>
-					<configuration>
-						<properties>
-							<cargo.servlet.port>8082</cargo.servlet.port>
-						</properties>
-					</configuration>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${cargo-maven2-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <wait>true</wait>
+                    <container>
+                        <containerId>jetty8x</containerId>
+                        <type>embedded</type>
+                        <systemProperties>
+                            <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>cargo</provPersistenceTarget> -->
+                        </systemProperties>
+                    </container>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <properties>
+                            <cargo.servlet.port>8082</cargo.servlet.port>
+                        </properties>
+                    </configuration>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
 
-		</plugins>
+        </plugins>
 
-	</build>
+    </build>
 
-	<properties>
-		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Spring -->
+        <org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
-		<!-- logging -->
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
+        <!-- persistence -->
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-		<!-- testing -->
-		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
 
-		<httpcore.version>4.2.4</httpcore.version>
-		<httpclient.version>4.2.5</httpclient.version>
+        <!-- various -->
+        <hibernate-validator.version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
-		<rest-assured.version>1.8.0</rest-assured.version>
-		<groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
+        <!-- util -->
+        <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
-	</properties>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
+        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+        <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
+
+        <httpcore.version>4.2.4</httpcore.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.2.5</httpclient.version>
+
+        <rest-assured.version>1.8.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
+
+        <!-- Maven plugins -->
+        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.2</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.14.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
 
 </project>
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