diff --git a/openjpa-integration/daytrader/pom.xml b/openjpa-integration/daytrader/pom.xml
index 5b0d4239f..463bbf80e 100644
--- a/openjpa-integration/daytrader/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-integration/daytrader/pom.xml
@@ -69,22 +69,11 @@
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-            <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-            <version>${derby.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta-regexp</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta-regexp</artifactId>
diff --git a/openjpa-integration/validation/pom.xml b/openjpa-integration/validation/pom.xml
index 54f816a41..794562f41 100644
--- a/openjpa-integration/validation/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-integration/validation/pom.xml
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@
                         </exclusion>
                     </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
-                <dependency>
-                    <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-                    <scope>test</scope>
-                </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
                     <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml b/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml
index 3e215153d..8cb9ce191 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>8.4-701.jdbc3</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/DBCPDriverDataSource.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/DBCPDriverDataSource.java
index f26e33413..f34639ed8 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/DBCPDriverDataSource.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/DBCPDriverDataSource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfiguration;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.Configurable;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.Configurations;
+import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Closeable;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.ConcreteClassGenerator;
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.ConcreteClassGenerator;
  * usage of Commons DBCP when available, use AutoDriverDataSource instead.
  */
 public abstract class DBCPDriverDataSource
-extends SimpleDriverDataSource implements Configurable {
+extends SimpleDriverDataSource implements Configurable, Closeable {
 
     private static String DBCPPACKAGENAME = "org.apache.commons.dbcp";
     private static String DBCPBASICDATASOURCENAME = "org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource";
@@ -67,6 +68,20 @@ extends SimpleDriverDataSource implements Configurable {
         return getDBCPConnection(props);
     }
 
+    public void close() throws SQLException {
+        try {
+            if (_ds != null) {
+                if (isDBCPLoaded()) {
+                    ((org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource)_dbcpClass.cast(_ds)).close();
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (ClassCastException cce) {
+            // no-op
+        } finally {
+            _ds = null;
+        }
+    }
+    
     protected Connection getDBCPConnection(Properties props) throws SQLException {
         Connection con = getDBCPDataSource(props).getConnection();
         if (con == null) {
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml
index 8ede27cfc..6ddcdf002 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <properties>
-                <postgresql.version>8.4-701.jdbc3</postgresql.version>
                 <connection.driver.name>org.postgresql.Driver</connection.driver.name>
                 <!--<connection.url>jdbc:postgresql://localhost/openjpa</connection.url>-->
                 <connection.url>${openjpa.postgresql.url}</connection.url>
@@ -740,11 +739,6 @@
             <artifactId>openjpa-persistence</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jta/ContainerTest.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jta/ContainerTest.java
index d0ba55a1f..768c8bbbd 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jta/ContainerTest.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/jta/ContainerTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@ public abstract class ContainerTest extends SingleEMFTestCase {
     
     @Override
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            if (emf != null && emf.isOpen()) {
+                // can't use AbstractPersistenceTestCase.closeEMF() due to using managed transactions
+                // closeAllOpenEMs(emf);
+                emf.close();
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // if a test failed, swallow any exceptions that happen
+            // during tear-down, as these just mask the original problem.
+            if (testResult.wasSuccessful()) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        } finally {
+            emf = null;
+        }
     }
     
     protected void commit() {
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml b/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml
index e2b6aac00..47af824a9 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-locking/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <properties>
-                <postgresql.version>8.3-603.jdbc3</postgresql.version>
                 <connection.driver.name>org.postgresql.Driver</connection.driver.name>
                 <connection.url>${openjpa.postgresql.url}</connection.url>
                 <connection.username>${openjpa.postgresql.username}</connection.username>
@@ -675,16 +674,6 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-            <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta-regexp</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta-regexp</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26e066188..78d4a9c36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
         <derby.version>10.5.3.0_1</derby.version>
         <hsqldb.version>1.8.0.10</hsqldb.version>
         <mysql.version>5.1.12</mysql.version>
+        <postgresql.version>8.4-701.jdbc3</postgresql.version>
         <!-- other common versions -->
         <slf4jVersion>1.6.1</slf4jVersion>
     </properties>
@@ -595,6 +596,12 @@
                 <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
                 <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
+                <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+                <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta-regexp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta-regexp</artifactId>
@@ -639,16 +646,16 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.sourceforge.findbugs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>