diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e862322b8..7f30e31a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   <version>4.0-alpha4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Components to build client side HTTP services</description>
   <url>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client</url>
-  <inceptionYear>2000</inceptionYear>
+  <inceptionYear>1999</inceptionYear>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <organization>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <commons-codec.version>1.3</commons-codec.version>
     <commons-io.version>1.2</commons-io.version>
     <mime4j.version>0.3</mime4j.version>
-    <junit.version>3.8.1</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>3.8.2</junit.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>