diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 4c29cf8723..23033547a3 100755
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@
   <name>ActiveMQ :: Assembly</name>
   <description>Puts together the ActiveMQ distribution</description>
 
-  <!-- Maven repository hosting Jolokia -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-    <id>labs-consol-release</id>
-        <name>ConSol* Labs Repository (Releases)</name>
-        <url>http://labs.consol.de/maven/repository</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
 
     <!-- activemq -->
@@ -416,7 +407,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>${json-simple-version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.insight</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9478b66814..27ab4ff72c 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@
     <jstl-version>1.1.2</jstl-version>
     <jettison-version>1.3.5</jettison-version>
     <jmock-version>2.5.1</jmock-version>
-    <jolokia-version>1.1.5</jolokia-version>
+    <jolokia-version>1.2.0</jolokia-version>
     <josql-version>1.5_5</josql-version>
+    <!-- for json-simple use same version as jolokia uses -->
+    <json-simple-version>1.1</json-simple-version>
     <junit-version>4.11</junit-version>
     <hamcrest-version>1.3</hamcrest-version>
     <jxta-version>2.0</jxta-version>