diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index a6311565bc..6e1bbf1b4d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<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">
+<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-mvc-java</artifactId>
@@ -80,6 +81,22 @@
 
 		<plugins>
 
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
+			</plugin>
+
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
index 6f57abf069..ff3f0a8010 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,31 @@
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index 802968b976..91bf1a5235 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,31 @@
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -80,7 +105,22 @@
 		</resources>
 
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
+			</plugin>
+			
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
index cf98ffb935..75244cf6df 100644
--- a/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,31 @@
 			<version>14.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
index 294e3a7fa4..b62e43ff00 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,31 @@
 		<!-- <version>3.0.1</version> -->
 		<!-- </dependency> -->
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 29622458ed..f38cc29c90 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,31 @@
 			<version>${guava.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
index 31443362b6..b2be5d7f1b 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,31 @@
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
index 6a3bce7aee..73b55d0c7d 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,31 @@
 			<version>3.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>