diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7ce2b7db65..5e25de81970 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
     <jaxb-api.version>2.2.2</jaxb-api.version>
     <jetty.version>6.1.26</jetty.version>
     <jetty.jspapi.version>6.1.14</jetty.jspapi.version>
-    <jersey.version>1.8</jersey.version>
+    <jersey.version>1.9</jersey.version>
     <jruby.version>1.6.8</jruby.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
     <htrace.version>3.0.4</htrace.version>
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@
     <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
     <thrift.version>0.9.0</thrift.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.6</zookeeper.version>
-    <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
     <hadoop-snappy.version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-snappy.version>
     <clover.version>2.6.3</clover.version>
     <jamon-runtime.version>2.3.1</jamon-runtime.version>