diff --git a/core-java/.classpath b/core-java/.classpath
index 1bef282255..f9b079e8c9 100644
--- a/core-java/.classpath
+++ b/core-java/.classpath
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
 		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 718a62c499..046168cf24 100644
--- a/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nonnullbydefault=org.eclipse.jdt.annota
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nullable=org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nullanalysis=disabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.annotationSuperInterface=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.autoboxing=ignore
@@ -96,4 +92,4 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedPrivateMember=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedTypeParameter=ignore
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedWarningToken=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.varargsArgumentNeedCast=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
diff --git a/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index f4ef8aa0a5..bc0009a455 100644
--- a/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/core-java/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index c770060d3b..e34e54b3af 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index df759e8d83..8bf4c664f3 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.2.4.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-rest/.classpath b/spring-rest/.classpath
index c91caa1b09..6b533711d3 100644
--- a/spring-rest/.classpath
+++ b/spring-rest/.classpath
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 4156d8e18c..542fa1d025 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.2.4.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-security-login-and-registration/.classpath b/spring-security-login-and-registration/.classpath
index 3b073e761a..1151b0d257 100644
--- a/spring-security-login-and-registration/.classpath
+++ b/spring-security-login-and-registration/.classpath
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/spring-security-login-and-registration/pom.xml b/spring-security-login-and-registration/pom.xml
index 2fad0252a3..08f02373f1 100644
--- a/spring-security-login-and-registration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-login-and-registration/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.12.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.2.4.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-ldap/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-ldap/pom.xml
index 411d9a8191..a5cd9bd0db 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.2.4.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -26,26 +26,25 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<!-- LDAP Dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-security-ldap</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.4.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-ldap-core-tiger</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.7</version>
+			<version>2.0.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
@@ -70,9 +69,58 @@
 				<filtering>true</filtering>
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
+
+		<plugins>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
+		</plugins>
+
 	</build>
 
 	<properties>
+		<!-- Spring -->
+		<org.springframework.version>4.1.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.7.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+
+		<!-- persistence -->
+		<hibernate.version>4.3.10.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.35</mysql-connector-java.version>
+
+		<!-- logging -->
+		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.12</org.slf4j.version>
+		<logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+
+		<!-- various -->
+		<hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+
+		<!-- util -->
+		<guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
+
+		<!-- testing -->
+		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
+		<junit.version>4.11</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>2.4.1</rest-assured.version>
+
+		<!-- Maven plugins -->
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.3</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.18.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.14</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>