diff --git a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
index 83f3150df9..31f2d19375 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.0</version>
+			<version>${javax.servlet-api.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
 			<artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7</version>
+			<version>${velocity.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
 			<artifactId>velocity-tools</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0</version>
+			<version>${velocity-tools.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
@@ -188,26 +188,29 @@
     
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>4.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 
 		
-       <!-- testing -->
+       		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
-		<powermock.version>1.6.4</powermock.version>
+		<powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
 
-		<httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
-		<httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version>
+		<httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
+		<httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
 
-		<rest-assured.version>2.4.1</rest-assured.version>
+		<javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
+		<velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
+		<velocity-tools.version>2.0</velocity-tools.version>
+		<rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
-		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.18</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>