diff --git a/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml b/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml
index 5f04f5e01f..7477fba880 100644
--- a/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-jms-client-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>xalan</groupId>
          <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-         <version>2.7.2</version>
          <optional>true</optional>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-selector/pom.xml b/artemis-selector/pom.xml
index f496b4751b..14652c108f 100644
--- a/artemis-selector/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-selector/pom.xml
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
          <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-         <version>2.0.2</version>
          <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>xalan</groupId>
          <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-         <version>2.7.2</version>
          <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml b/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml
index 99816ae234..13533654e8 100644
--- a/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-server-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -101,20 +101,17 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>xalan</groupId>
          <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-         <version>2.7.2</version>
          <optional>true</optional>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-         <version>4.11</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
          <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-         <version>3.2</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/artemis-website/pom.xml b/artemis-website/pom.xml
index a858928976..70b9e6409a 100644
--- a/artemis-website/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-website/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>xalan</groupId>
          <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-         <version>2.7.2</version>
          <optional>true</optional>
          <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4931a00762..0bec2098ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@
             <!-- License: CPL 1.0 -->
             <!-- There are newer versions of the JUnit but they break our tests -->
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+            <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+         </dependency>
 
          <!-- ### For MQTT Tests && Examples -->
          <dependency>
@@ -689,6 +695,18 @@
             <!-- License: Public Domain -->
          </dependency>
 
+         <!-- needed by artemis-selector -->
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.2</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>xalan</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
+            <version>2.7.2</version>
+         </dependency>
+
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
             <artifactId>openwebbeans-impl</artifactId>