diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index e7396227ee..2aa91aab45 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,34 @@
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- marshalling -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+			<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4.6</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- util -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>${guava.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>3.2.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -80,7 +108,7 @@
 		</resources>
 
 		<plugins>
-		
+
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -90,7 +118,7 @@
 					<target>1.7</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-			
+
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -143,17 +171,17 @@
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.0.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.27</mysql-connector-java.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.28</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-		<!-- logging -->
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
+		<!-- marshalling -->
+
+		<jackson.version>2.3.0</jackson.version>
 
 		<!-- various -->
-		<hibernate-validator.version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+		<hibernate-validator.version>5.0.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
 		<!-- util -->
-		<guava.version>15.0</guava.version>
+		<guava.version>16.0-rc1</guava.version>
 		<commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
@@ -161,16 +189,20 @@
 		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
 
-		<httpcore.version>4.3</httpcore.version>
+		<httpcore.version>4.3.1</httpcore.version>
 		<httpclient.version>4.3.1</httpclient.version>
 
-		<rest-assured.version>2.1.0</rest-assured.version>
+		<rest-assured.version>2.2.0</rest-assured.version>
+
+		<!-- logging -->
+		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
+		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
 
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.5</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.6</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d90a98d389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric;
+
+import org.baeldung.web.dto.Foo;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class FooController {
+
+    public FooController() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/foos/{id}")
+    public @ResponseBody
+    Foo findById(@PathVariable final long id) {
+        return new Foo(Long.parseLong(randomNumeric(2)), randomAlphabetic(4));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..774d547464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.baeldung.web.dto;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+
+@XStreamAlias("Foo")
+public class Foo {
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+
+    public Foo() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public Foo(final long id, final String name) {
+        super();
+
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(final long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
index 3eb5bc9bd6..4e45b9c18b 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
             <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-            <version>3.18.0-GA</version>
+            <version>3.18.1-GA</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>