diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 4d00393e7b..683eae172d 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -226,12 +226,18 @@
     <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
     <maven.compile.deprecation>true</maven.compile.deprecation>
     <maven.site.url.base>gitsite:git@github.com/jclouds/jclouds-maven-site.git</maven.site.url.base>
+
     <guava.version>22.0</guava.version>
+    <!-- TODO: this has to be addressed in another feature -->
     <guava.osgi.import>com.google.common.*;version="[22.0,30.0.0)"</guava.osgi.import>
+
     <guice.version>4.2.3</guice.version>
-    <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
+
     <okhttp.version>2.2.0</okhttp.version>
+    <!-- TODO: this has to be addressed in another feature -->
     <okio.osgi.import>okio;version="[1.2.0,1.3)"</okio.osgi.import>
+
     <surefire.version>2.17</surefire.version>
     <assertj-core.version>1.7.0</assertj-core.version>
     <assertj-guava.version>1.3.0</assertj-guava.version>