diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 2aa91aab45..07231e35f4 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,23 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- web -->
 
@@ -67,6 +78,31 @@
 			<version>3.2.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- logging -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java
index c26e09ca54..d068910042 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java
@@ -1,16 +1,44 @@
-package org.baeldung.config;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
-
-@EnableWebMvc
-@Configuration
-@ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.web" })
-public class WebConfig {
-
-    public WebConfig() {
-        super();
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+package org.baeldung.config;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableWebMvc
+@ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.web" })
+public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
+
+    public WebConfig() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    @Override
+    public void configureMessageConverters(final List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
+        messageConverters.add(marshallingHttpMessageConverter());
+        messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
+
+        super.configureMessageConverters(messageConverters);
+    }
+
+    // UTIL
+
+    private final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter marshallingHttpMessageConverter() {
+        final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter marshallingHttpMessageConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
+        final XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
+        marshallingHttpMessageConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
+        marshallingHttpMessageConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
+
+        return marshallingHttpMessageConverter;
+    }
+
+}
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
index d90a98d389..4dc6949c5d 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ 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.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 
 @Controller
 public class FooController {
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ public class FooController {
         super();
     }
 
-    // API
+    // API - read
 
     @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/foos/{id}")
     public @ResponseBody
@@ -25,4 +28,12 @@ public class FooController {
         return new Foo(Long.parseLong(randomNumeric(2)), randomAlphabetic(4));
     }
 
+    // API - write
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.PUT, value = "/foos/{id}")
+    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
+    public void updateFoo(@PathVariable("id") final String id, @RequestBody final Foo foo) {
+        System.out.println(foo);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
index 4e45b9c18b..8b9eb62ca3 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.restassured</groupId>
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.0</version>
+            <version>2.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@
 
         <!-- 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>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>1.4.3.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
 
         <!-- marshalling -->
 
-        <jackson.version>2.2.3</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.3.0</jackson.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>15.0</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.2.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>