diff --git a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
index 202aee7295..4437661199 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>${javax.servlet-api.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>
 
@@ -144,28 +144,31 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.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>
+        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
+        <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
+
+        <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.2</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-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</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>
+        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>