diff --git a/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml
index b448673ef8..c8bb08cb38 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.6.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
             <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>${easymock.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<excludes>
 						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
@@ -206,42 +204,11 @@
     
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>4.3.1.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
-        <javassist.version>3.20.0-GA</javassist.version>
-        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
-
-        <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.38</mysql-connector-java.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
-
-        <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
-
-        <httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version>
-
-        <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</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>
+        <easymock.version>3.4</easymock.version>
 
     </properties>