diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
index 3d76fcb22f..ee6b37743b 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>${javax.servlet.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>${jstl.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@
 
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <javax.servlet.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet.version>
+        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index 2bac3024c7..ec4cf60eb5 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
         <intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="permitAll"/>
         <intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()"/>
 
+        <csrf disabled="true"/>
+        
         <form-login login-page='/login.html' login-processing-url="/perform_login" default-target-url="/homepage.html" authentication-failure-url="/login.html?error=true"
             always-use-default-target="true"/>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp
index 013ceccb4e..95930c139d 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/view/login.jsp
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 		<table>
 			<tr>
 				<td>User:</td>
-				<td><input type='text' name='j_username' value=''></td>
+				<td><input type='text' name='username' value=''></td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr>
 				<td>Password:</td>
-				<td><input type='password' name='j_password' /></td>
+				<td><input type='password' name='password' /></td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr>
 				<td><input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" /></td>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
index 1fbeeaa9a9..767edb7778 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.3</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- http -->
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>${javax.servlet.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>${jstl.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -304,7 +304,10 @@
 
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-
+        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
+        <javax.servlet.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.2.3</jackson.version>
+        
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
index 20984ba6dd..a112fdcd43 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.4.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -211,7 +209,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
@@ -220,7 +217,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <excludes>
                         <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
index d20220ac36..88e760458b 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>${javax.servlet.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>${jstl.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@
 
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <javax.servlet.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet.version>
+        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>