diff --git a/nifi/nifi-commons/nifi-hl7-query-language/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-commons/nifi-hl7-query-language/pom.xml
index eb468416fb..b6ead092c6 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-commons/nifi-hl7-query-language/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-commons/nifi-hl7-query-language/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/hypoglycemia</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/hyperglycemia</exclude>
                     </excludes>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-docs/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-docs/pom.xml
index 1494745dd8..c3d67350b9 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-docs/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/main/asciidoc/asciidoc-mod.css</exclude> <!-- MIT license confirmed.  Excluding due to parse error-->
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-external/nifi-spark-receiver/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-external/nifi-spark-receiver/pom.xml
index cd03dd414d..af436c7ad1 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-external/nifi-spark-receiver/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-external/nifi-spark-receiver/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-streaming_2.10</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/pom.xml
index cada04e5bb..c69c3c819b 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-aws-bundle/nifi-aws-processors/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/hello.txt</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-cluster/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-cluster/pom.xml
index 4cb2196fd0..82712e2858 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/org/apache/nifi/cluster/firewall/impl/empty.txt</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/org/apache/nifi/cluster/firewall/impl/ips.txt</exclude>
                     </excludes>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/pom.xml
index 31aec72702..c7904193c0 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/conf/0bytes.xml</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/conf/termination-only.xml</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/hello.txt</exclude>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-content-viewer/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-content-viewer/pom.xml
index ad01ab855a..a0d3f486c8 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-content-viewer/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-content-viewer/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/main/webapp/js/hexview/hexview.default.css</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/main/webapp/js/hexview/hexview.js</exclude>
                     </excludes>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-ui/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-ui/pom.xml
index ca9738f18f..84e0f8aba4 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-ui/pom.xml
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
-                            <excludes>
+                            <excludes combine.children="append">
                                 <exclude>nbactions.xml</exclude>
                                 <exclude>src/main/webapp/js/json2.js</exclude>
                                 <exclude>src/main/webapp/js/jquery/</exclude>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hl7-bundle/nifi-hl7-processors/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hl7-bundle/nifi-hl7-processors/pom.xml
index 6c045b88b9..12d2d714be 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hl7-bundle/nifi-hl7-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-hl7-bundle/nifi-hl7-processors/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/hypoglycemia.hl7</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-solr-bundle/nifi-solr-processors/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-solr-bundle/nifi-solr-processors/pom.xml
index 261dc92c97..35c3b44484 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-solr-bundle/nifi-solr-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-solr-bundle/nifi-solr-processors/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/solr/solr.xml</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/testCollection/core.properties</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/testCollection/conf/_rest_managed.json</exclude>
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml
index a80fe08832..f8c272ca56 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
+                    <excludes combine.children="append">
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/localhost.cer</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/hello.txt</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/CharacterSetConversionSamples/Converted.txt</exclude>
diff --git a/nifi/pom.xml b/nifi/pom.xml
index 58b4e8890e..7ff110bdd5 100644
--- a/nifi/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
         <module>nifi-external</module>
     </modules>
     <properties>
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.10</org.slf4j.version>
-        <jetty.version>9.2.10.v20150310</jetty.version>
-        <lucene.version>4.10.3</lucene.version>
-        <spring.version>4.1.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring.security.version>3.2.5.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.12</org.slf4j.version>
+        <jetty.version>9.2.11.v20150529</jetty.version>
+        <lucene.version>4.10.4</lucene.version>
+        <spring.version>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.security.version>3.2.7.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
-        <hadoop.version>2.6.0</hadoop.version>
+        <hadoop.version>2.7.0</hadoop.version>
         <inceptionYear>2014</inceptionYear>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.2</version>
+                <version>1.1.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.2</version>
+                <version>1.1.3</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10.16</version>
+                <version>1.10.19</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10.8</version>
+                <version>1.10.19</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.2</version>
+                <version>3.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
-                <version>0.1.51</version>
+                <version>0.1.52</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                 <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-                <version>4.3.6</version>
+                <version>4.4.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>
                 <artifactId>Saxon-HE</artifactId>
-                <version>9.6.0-4</version>
+                <version>9.6.0-5</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>stax</groupId>
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
                 <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.4</version>
+                <version>1.8.5</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>cglib</groupId>
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-pool2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
                 <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>2.8</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
@@ -448,12 +448,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javax.jms-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.0.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
                 <artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
-                <version>5.10.0</version>
+                <version>5.11.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
                 <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.6</version>
+                <version>1.7.7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
@@ -606,6 +606,11 @@
                 <artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
                 <version>1.9.2</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spark-streaming_2.10</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3.1</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.nifi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nifi-api</artifactId>