diff --git a/acl/pom.xml b/acl/pom.xml
index a4d7a75a2c..efca1c23bc 100644
--- a/acl/pom.xml
+++ b/acl/pom.xml
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -76,33 +76,33 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -132,25 +132,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/aspects/pom.xml b/aspects/pom.xml
index 2479e5a05b..24f4de49d5 100644
--- a/aspects/pom.xml
+++ b/aspects/pom.xml
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.4</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cce671e8d2..637ca3b6c8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.7")
         classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:spring-io-plugin:0.0.3.RELEASE")
-        classpath("org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-tomcat-plugin:1.2.3")
+        classpath("org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-tomcat-plugin:1.2.5")
         classpath('me.champeau.gradle:gradle-javadoc-hotfix-plugin:0.1')
         classpath('org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:1.5.1')
         classpath("io.spring.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.3.0")
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ allprojects {
 
     ext.releaseBuild = version.endsWith('RELEASE')
     ext.snapshotBuild = version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')
-    ext.springVersion = '4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
-    ext.springLdapVersion = '2.0.1.RELEASE'
+    ext.springVersion = '4.1.3.RELEASE'
+    ext.springLdapVersion = '2.0.2.RELEASE'
 
     group = 'org.springframework.security'
 
diff --git a/cas/cas.gradle b/cas/cas.gradle
index 1050de61bf..d7f2727615 100644
--- a/cas/cas.gradle
+++ b/cas/cas.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
             "org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
             "org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-            "org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:3.3.3"
+            "org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:$casClientVersion"
 
     optional "net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion"
 
diff --git a/cas/pom.xml b/cas/pom.xml
index 8ddca612db..2c03a886ac 100644
--- a/cas/pom.xml
+++ b/cas/pom.xml
@@ -58,19 +58,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -82,20 +82,20 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/config/config.gradle b/config/config.gradle
index 17fd5c1a4f..221dbbe152 100644
--- a/config/config.gradle
+++ b/config/config.gradle
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
                 'ldapsdk:ldapsdk:4.1',
                 powerMockDependencies,
                  "org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:3.6.10.Final",
-                "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.2.8",
+                "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
                 spockDependencies
 
     testCompile('org.openid4java:openid4java-nodeps:0.9.6') {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     testRuntime "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-                "cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2"
+                "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion"
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/config/pom.xml b/config/pom.xml
index dee0eeb5c1..409a142ef7 100644
--- a/config/pom.xml
+++ b/config/pom.xml
@@ -52,25 +52,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.4</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -124,35 +124,35 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-websocket</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -261,13 +261,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.8</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -291,7 +285,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -303,37 +297,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-support</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4-common</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-reflect</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -363,7 +357,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0.RC1</version>
+      <version>1.7.1.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -375,7 +369,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -393,19 +387,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/core/core.gradle b/core/core.gradle
index 37aea84f98..d44ddc1636 100644
--- a/core/core.gradle
+++ b/core/core.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     included cryptoProject
 
-    testCompile 'commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2',
+    testCompile "commons-collections:commons-collections:$commonsCollectionsVersion",
                 "org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion",
                 "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
                 powerMockDependencies
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 7b46b40a12..25ca636380 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -46,25 +46,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -96,41 +96,41 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.4</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2</version>
+      <version>3.2.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-support</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4-common</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-reflect</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
index 98a48bc455..1688f94c2d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class SpringSecurityCoreVersion {
      */
     public static final long SERIAL_VERSION_UID = 400L;
 
-    static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT";
+    static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "4.1.3.RELEASE";
 
     static {
         performVersionChecks();
diff --git a/crypto/pom.xml b/crypto/pom.xml
index fdc8b76836..b78b5de7e2 100644
--- a/crypto/pom.xml
+++ b/crypto/pom.xml
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/data/pom.xml b/data/pom.xml
index ef8a89eda9..63b04b1834 100644
--- a/data/pom.xml
+++ b/data/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0.RC1</version>
+      <version>1.9.1.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
index eeea8be7fa..9b8c11adf9 100644
--- a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
+++ b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
@@ -12,24 +12,30 @@ apply plugin: 'propdeps-eclipse'
 sourceCompatibility = 1.5
 targetCompatibility = 1.5
 
-ext.ehcacheVersion = '2.6.5'
-ext.aspectjVersion = '1.8.4'
 ext.apacheDsVersion = '1.5.5'
-ext.jstlVersion = '1.2.1'
+ext.aspectjVersion = '1.8.4'
+ext.casClientVersion = '3.3.3'
+ext.cglibVersion = '3.1'
+ext.commonsCodecVersion = '1.10'
+ext.commonsCollectionsVersion = '3.2.1'
+ext.commonsLoggingVersion = '1.2'
+ext.ehcacheVersion = '2.9.0'
+ext.gebVersion = '0.10.0'
+ext.groovyVersion = '2.3.8'
+ext.hsqlVersion = '2.3.2'
+ext.jacksonDatavindVersion = '2.4.4'
 ext.jettyVersion = '6.1.26'
-ext.hsqlVersion = '2.3.1'
-ext.slf4jVersion = '1.7.5'
-ext.logbackVersion = '0.9.29'
-ext.cglibVersion = '2.2'
-ext.powerMockVersion = '1.5.1'
+ext.jstlVersion = '1.2.1'
+ext.junitVersion = '4.11'
+ext.logbackVersion = '1.1.2'
+ext.powerMockVersion = '1.6.0'
+ext.seleniumVersion = '2.44.0'
 ext.servletApiVersion = '3.0.1'
-ext.seleniumVersion = '2.33.0'
-ext.groovyVersion = '2.0.5'
+ext.slf4jVersion = '1.7.7'
 ext.spockVersion = '0.7-groovy-2.0'
-ext.gebVersion = '0.9.0'
+ext.springDataCommonsVersion = '1.9.1.RELEASE'
+ext.springDataJpaVersion = '1.7.1.RELEASE'
 ext.thymeleafVersion = '2.1.3.RELEASE'
-ext.springDataJpaVersion = '1.7.0.RC1'
-ext.springDataCommonsVersion = '1.9.0.RC1'
 
 ext.spockDependencies = [
     dependencies.create("org.spockframework:spock-spring:$spockVersion") {
@@ -119,9 +125,9 @@ project.conf2ScopeMappings.addMapping(MavenPlugin.TEST_COMPILE_PRIORITY + 2, pro
 check.dependsOn integrationTest
 
 dependencies {
-    optional 'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.1'
+    optional "commons-logging:commons-logging:$commonsLoggingVersion"
 
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11',
+    testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion",
             'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.9.5',
             "org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion",
             'org.easytesting:fest-assert:1.4'
diff --git a/gradle/tomcat.gradle b/gradle/tomcat.gradle
index 3814c2a641..6eafb21ce9 100644
--- a/gradle/tomcat.gradle
+++ b/gradle/tomcat.gradle
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release" }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-tomcat-plugin:1.2.3")
+        classpath("org.gradle.api.plugins:gradle-tomcat-plugin:1.2.5")
     }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'tomcat'
 
 dependencies {
-    def tomcatVersion = '7.0.54'
+    def tomcatVersion = '7.0.57'
     tomcat "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}",
            "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:${tomcatVersion}"
     tomcat("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:${tomcatVersion}") {
diff --git a/itest/context/pom.xml b/itest/context/pom.xml
index b7cc80bda2..f3fe241847 100644
--- a/itest/context/pom.xml
+++ b/itest/context/pom.xml
@@ -58,38 +58,38 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/itest/web/pom.xml b/itest/web/pom.xml
index 39691d8b67..5abea00e57 100644
--- a/itest/web/pom.xml
+++ b/itest/web/pom.xml
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -177,19 +177,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ldap/pom.xml b/ldap/pom.xml
index 579e954372..f703f097e9 100644
--- a/ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/ldap/pom.xml
@@ -40,29 +40,29 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.ldap</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-ldap-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -184,19 +184,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/messaging/messaging.gradle b/messaging/messaging.gradle
index 66a6b405d6..7c827835ae 100644
--- a/messaging/messaging.gradle
+++ b/messaging/messaging.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.springframework:spring-messaging:$springVersion"
 
     testCompile project(':spring-security-core').sourceSets.test.output,
-                'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.3',
+                "commons-codec:commons-codec:$commonsCodecVersion",
                 "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
                 "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion",
                 powerMockDependencies,
diff --git a/messaging/pom.xml b/messaging/pom.xml
index 8b841ebc22..62bcff153a 100644
--- a/messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/messaging/pom.xml
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -76,32 +76,32 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>1.10</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -149,37 +149,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-support</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4-common</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-reflect</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/openid/pom.xml b/openid/pom.xml
index 7b06cc3ca3..365e343d9e 100644
--- a/openid/pom.xml
+++ b/openid/pom.xml
@@ -70,25 +70,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/remoting/pom.xml b/remoting/pom.xml
index 8fb01485b7..0649ff63fd 100644
--- a/remoting/pom.xml
+++ b/remoting/pom.xml
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -76,20 +76,20 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/aspectj-jc/pom.xml b/samples/aspectj-jc/pom.xml
index 6616008a4d..1c29544e40 100644
--- a/samples/aspectj-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/aspectj-jc/pom.xml
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.4</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/aspectj-xml/pom.xml b/samples/aspectj-xml/pom.xml
index 1630b138e9..17444a1ae7 100644
--- a/samples/aspectj-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/aspectj-xml/pom.xml
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
       <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.4</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/cas/sample-xml/cassample.gradle b/samples/cas/sample-xml/cassample.gradle
index 4d8f36a836..441f4c9b38 100644
--- a/samples/cas/sample-xml/cassample.gradle
+++ b/samples/cas/sample-xml/cassample.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     compile project(':spring-security-core'),
             project(':spring-security-cas'),
-            "org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:3.3.3"
+            "org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:$casClientVersion"
 
     runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
             project(':spring-security-config'),
diff --git a/samples/cas/sample-xml/pom.xml b/samples/cas/sample-xml/pom.xml
index 57e108d044..2ac9e7adc4 100644
--- a/samples/cas/sample-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/cas/sample-xml/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/cas/server/casserver.gradle b/samples/cas/server/casserver.gradle
index 84f62ecdf5..bdae92743e 100644
--- a/samples/cas/server/casserver.gradle
+++ b/samples/cas/server/casserver.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configurations {
     casServer
 }
 dependencies {
-    casServer "org.jasig.cas:cas-server-webapp:3.4.3.1@war"
+    casServer "org.jasig.cas:cas-server-webapp:4.0.0@war"
 }
 
 task casServerOverlay(type: Sync) {
diff --git a/samples/cas/server/pom.xml b/samples/cas/server/pom.xml
index c96b89036a..25650cd637 100644
--- a/samples/cas/server/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/cas/server/pom.xml
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/deployerConfigContext.xml b/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/deployerConfigContext.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2279123657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/deployerConfigContext.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to Jasig under one or more contributor license
+    agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work
+    for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    Jasig licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+    Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+    except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a
+    copy of the License at the following location:
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+
+-->
+<!--
+| deployerConfigContext.xml centralizes into one file some of the declarative configuration that
+| all CAS deployers will need to modify.
+|
+| This file declares some of the Spring-managed JavaBeans that make up a CAS deployment.
+| The beans declared in this file are instantiated at context initialization time by the Spring
+| ContextLoaderListener declared in web.xml.  It finds this file because this
+| file is among those declared in the context parameter "contextConfigLocation".
+|
+| By far the most common change you will need to make in this file is to change the last bean
+| declaration to replace the default authentication handler with
+| one implementing your approach for authenticating usernames and passwords.
++-->
+
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	   xmlns:c="http://www.springframework.org/schema/c"
+	   xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+	   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	   xmlns:sec="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.2.xsd
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
+       http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+
+	<!--
+	   | The authentication manager defines security policy for authentication by specifying at a minimum
+	   | the authentication handlers that will be used to authenticate credential. While the AuthenticationManager
+	   | interface supports plugging in another implementation, the default PolicyBasedAuthenticationManager should
+	   | be sufficient in most cases.
+	   +-->
+	<bean id="authenticationManager" class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.PolicyBasedAuthenticationManager">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<map>
+				<!--
+				   | IMPORTANT
+				   | Every handler requires a unique name.
+				   | If more than one instance of the same handler class is configured, you must explicitly
+				   | set its name to something other than its default name (typically the simple class name).
+				   -->
+				<entry key-ref="proxyAuthenticationHandler" value-ref="proxyPrincipalResolver" />
+				<entry key-ref="primaryAuthenticationHandler" value-ref="primaryPrincipalResolver" />
+			</map>
+		</constructor-arg>
+
+		<!-- Uncomment the metadata populator to allow clearpass to capture and cache the password
+			 This switch effectively will turn on clearpass.
+		<property name="authenticationMetaDataPopulators">
+		   <util:list>
+			  <bean class="org.jasig.cas.extension.clearpass.CacheCredentialsMetaDataPopulator"
+					c:credentialCache-ref="encryptedMap" />
+		   </util:list>
+		</property>
+		-->
+
+		<!--
+		   | Defines the security policy around authentication. Some alternative policies that ship with CAS:
+		   |
+		   | * NotPreventedAuthenticationPolicy - all credential must either pass or fail authentication
+		   | * AllAuthenticationPolicy - all presented credential must be authenticated successfully
+		   | * RequiredHandlerAuthenticationPolicy - specifies a handler that must authenticate its credential to pass
+		   -->
+		<property name="authenticationPolicy">
+			<bean class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.AnyAuthenticationPolicy" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<!-- Required for proxy ticket mechanism. -->
+	<bean id="proxyAuthenticationHandler"
+		  class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.handler.support.HttpBasedServiceCredentialsAuthenticationHandler"
+		  p:httpClient-ref="httpClient" />
+
+	<!--
+	   | TODO: Replace this component with one suitable for your enviroment.
+	   |
+	   | This component provides authentication for the kind of credential used in your environment. In most cases
+	   | credential is a username/password pair that lives in a system of record like an LDAP directory.
+	   | The most common authentication handler beans:
+	   |
+	   | * org.jasig.cas.authentication.LdapAuthenticationHandler
+	   | * org.jasig.cas.adaptors.jdbc.QueryDatabaseAuthenticationHandler
+	   | * org.jasig.cas.adaptors.x509.authentication.handler.support.X509CredentialsAuthenticationHandler
+	   | * org.jasig.cas.support.spnego.authentication.handler.support.JCIFSSpnegoAuthenticationHandler
+	   -->
+	<bean id="primaryAuthenticationHandler"
+		  class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.AcceptUsersAuthenticationHandler">
+		<property name="users">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="scott" value="scott"/>
+				<entry key="rod" value="rod"/>
+				<entry key="dianne" value="dianne"/>
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<!-- Required for proxy ticket mechanism -->
+	<bean id="proxyPrincipalResolver"
+		  class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.BasicPrincipalResolver" />
+
+	<!--
+	   | Resolves a principal from a credential using an attribute repository that is configured to resolve
+	   | against a deployer-specific store (e.g. LDAP).
+	   -->
+	<bean id="primaryPrincipalResolver"
+		  class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.PersonDirectoryPrincipalResolver" >
+		<property name="attributeRepository" ref="attributeRepository" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<!--
+	Bean that defines the attributes that a service may return.  This example uses the Stub/Mock version.  A real implementation
+	may go against a database or LDAP server.  The id should remain "attributeRepository" though.
+	+-->
+	<bean id="attributeRepository" class="org.jasig.services.persondir.support.StubPersonAttributeDao"
+		  p:backingMap-ref="attrRepoBackingMap" />
+
+	<util:map id="attrRepoBackingMap">
+		<entry key="uid" value="uid" />
+		<entry key="eduPersonAffiliation" value="eduPersonAffiliation" />
+		<entry key="groupMembership" value="groupMembership" />
+	</util:map>
+
+	<!--
+	Sample, in-memory data store for the ServiceRegistry. A real implementation
+	would probably want to replace this with the JPA-backed ServiceRegistry DAO
+	The name of this bean should remain "serviceRegistryDao".
+	+-->
+	<bean id="serviceRegistryDao" class="org.jasig.cas.services.InMemoryServiceRegistryDaoImpl"
+		  p:registeredServices-ref="registeredServicesList" />
+
+	<util:list id="registeredServicesList">
+		<bean class="org.jasig.cas.services.RegexRegisteredService"
+			  p:id="0" p:name="HTTP and IMAP" p:description="Allows HTTP(S) and IMAP(S) protocols"
+			  p:serviceId="^(https?|imaps?)://.*" p:evaluationOrder="10000001"
+				p:allowedToProxy="true"/>
+		<!--
+		Use the following definition instead of the above to further restrict access
+		to services within your domain (including sub domains).
+		Note that example.com must be replaced with the domain you wish to permit.
+		This example also demonstrates the configuration of an attribute filter
+		that only allows for attributes whose length is 3.
+		-->
+		<!--
+		<bean class="org.jasig.cas.services.RegexRegisteredService">
+			<property name="id" value="1" />
+			<property name="name" value="HTTP and IMAP on example.com" />
+			<property name="description" value="Allows HTTP(S) and IMAP(S) protocols on example.com" />
+			<property name="serviceId" value="^(https?|imaps?)://([A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.)*example\.com/.*" />
+			<property name="evaluationOrder" value="0" />
+			<property name="attributeFilter">
+			  <bean class="org.jasig.cas.services.support.RegisteredServiceRegexAttributeFilter" c:regex="^\w{3}$" />
+			</property>
+		</bean>
+		-->
+	</util:list>
+
+	<bean id="auditTrailManager" class="com.github.inspektr.audit.support.Slf4jLoggingAuditTrailManager" />
+
+	<bean id="healthCheckMonitor" class="org.jasig.cas.monitor.HealthCheckMonitor" p:monitors-ref="monitorsList" />
+
+	<util:list id="monitorsList">
+		<bean class="org.jasig.cas.monitor.MemoryMonitor" p:freeMemoryWarnThreshold="10" />
+		<!--
+			NOTE
+			The following ticket registries support SessionMonitor:
+			  * DefaultTicketRegistry
+			  * JpaTicketRegistry
+			Remove this monitor if you use an unsupported registry.
+		  -->
+		<bean class="org.jasig.cas.monitor.SessionMonitor"
+			  p:ticketRegistry-ref="ticketRegistry"
+			  p:serviceTicketCountWarnThreshold="5000"
+			  p:sessionCountWarnThreshold="100000" />
+	</util:list>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-configuration/applicationContext.xml b/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-configuration/applicationContext.xml
index 383bee26fc..707c197e29 100644
--- a/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-configuration/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/samples/cas/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-configuration/applicationContext.xml
@@ -1,96 +1,149 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to Jasig under one or more contributor license
+    agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work
+    for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    Jasig licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+    Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+    except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a
+    copy of the License at the following location:
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+
+-->
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd">
-    <description>
-        This is the main Spring configuration file with some of the main "core" classes defined. You shouldn't really
-        modify this unless you
-        know what you're doing!
-    </description>
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	   xmlns:c="http://www.springframework.org/schema/c"
+	   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	   xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+	<description>
+		This is the main Spring configuration file with some of the main "core" classes defined. You shouldn't really
+		modify this unless you
+		know what you're doing!
+	</description>
 
-    <!--
-      Including this aspectj-autoproxy element will cause spring to automatically
-      create proxies around any beans defined in this file that match the pointcuts
-      of any aspects defined in this file.
-    -->
-    <aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>
+	<!--
+	  Including this aspectj-autoproxy element will cause spring to automatically
+	  create proxies around any beans defined in this file that match the pointcuts
+	  of any aspects defined in this file.
+	-->
+	<aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>
 
-    <!--
-      Declare the TimingAspect that we want to weave into the other beans
-      defined in this config file.
-    -->
-    <bean id="timingAspect" class="org.perf4j.log4j.aop.TimingAspect"/>
+	<!--
+	  Declare the TimingAspect that we want to weave into the other beans
+	  defined in this config file.
+	-->
+	<bean id="timingAspect" class="org.perf4j.log4j.aop.TimingAspect"/>
 
 
-    <!-- Message source for this context, loaded from localized "messages_xx" files -->
-    <bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource"
-          p:basename="messages"/>
+	<!--
+		Message source for this context, loaded from localized "messages_xx" files.]
 
-    <bean
-            id="servicesManager"
-            class="org.jasig.cas.services.DefaultServicesManagerImpl">
-        <constructor-arg index="0" ref="serviceRegistryDao"/>
-    </bean>
+		Disable the fallback mechanism to the system/JVM locale. By turning off this behavior, CAS
+		will be able to revert back to the default language bundle that is "messages.properties"
+		and will not rely on the JVM default locale which introduces the side effect of rendering
+		the UI in the JVM locale by default.
 
-    <!--
-        Job to periodically reload services from service registry.
-        This job is needed for a clustered CAS environment since service changes
-        in one CAS node are not known to the other until a reload.
-    -->
-    <bean id="serviceRegistryReloaderJobDetail"
-          class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean"
-          p:targetObject-ref="servicesManager"
-          p:targetMethod="reload"/>
+		Also, explicitly set the default encoding to be UTF-8 when parsing message bundles.
+		The default, if not set, is none which forces ISO-8859-1 of java.util.ResourceBundle.
+	-->
+	<bean id="messageSource" class="org.jasig.cas.web.view.CasReloadableMessageBundle"
+		  p:basenames-ref="basenames" p:fallbackToSystemLocale="false" p:defaultEncoding="UTF-8"
+		  p:cacheSeconds="180" p:useCodeAsDefaultMessage="true" />
 
-    <bean id="periodicServiceRegistryReloaderTrigger" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SimpleTriggerBean"
-          p:jobDetail-ref="serviceRegistryReloaderJobDetail"
-          p:startDelay="120000"
-          p:repeatInterval="120000"/>
+	<util:list id="basenames">
+		<value>classpath:custom_messages</value>
+		<value>classpath:messages</value>
+	</util:list>
 
-    <bean id="persistentIdGenerator"
-          class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.ShibbolethCompatiblePersistentIdGenerator"
-          p:salt="casrocks"/>
+	<bean id="servicesManager" class="org.jasig.cas.services.DefaultServicesManagerImpl"
+		  c:serviceRegistryDao-ref="serviceRegistryDao" />
 
-    <!-- CentralAuthenticationService -->
-    <bean id="centralAuthenticationService" class="org.jasig.cas.CentralAuthenticationServiceImpl"
-          p:ticketGrantingTicketExpirationPolicy-ref="grantingTicketExpirationPolicy"
-          p:serviceTicketExpirationPolicy-ref="serviceTicketExpirationPolicy"
-          p:authenticationManager-ref="authenticationManager"
-          p:ticketGrantingTicketUniqueTicketIdGenerator-ref="ticketGrantingTicketUniqueIdGenerator"
-          p:ticketRegistry-ref="ticketRegistry"
-          p:servicesManager-ref="servicesManager"
-          p:persistentIdGenerator-ref="persistentIdGenerator"
-          p:uniqueTicketIdGeneratorsForService-ref="uniqueIdGeneratorsMap"/>
+	<!--
+		Job to periodically reload services from service registry.
+		This job is needed for a clustered CAS environment since service changes
+		in one CAS node are not known to the other until a reload.
+	-->
+	<bean id="serviceRegistryReloaderJobDetail"
+		  class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean"
+		  p:targetObject-ref="servicesManager"
+		  p:targetMethod="reload"/>
 
-    <bean id="proxy10Handler" class="org.jasig.cas.ticket.proxy.support.Cas10ProxyHandler"/>
-
-    <bean id="proxy20Handler" class="org.jasig.cas.ticket.proxy.support.Cas20ProxyHandler"
-          p:httpClient-ref="httpClient"
-          p:uniqueTicketIdGenerator-ref="proxy20TicketUniqueIdGenerator"/>
-
-    <!-- ADVISORS -->
-    <bean id="advisorAutoProxyCreator"
-          class="org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator"/>
-
-    <bean id="validationAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" class="org.jasig.cas.util.CustomBeanValidationPostProcessor" />
-
-    <!-- The scheduler bean wires up any triggers that define scheduled tasks -->
-    <bean id="scheduler" class="org.jasig.cas.util.AutowiringSchedulerFactoryBean"/>
-
-    <!-- Customizations -->
+	<bean id="periodicServiceRegistryReloaderTrigger" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SimpleTriggerBean"
+		  p:jobDetail-ref="serviceRegistryReloaderJobDetail"
+		  p:startDelay="${service.registry.quartz.reloader.startDelay:120000}"
+		  p:repeatInterval="${service.registry.quartz.reloader.repeatInterval:120000}"/>
 
 
-    <!-- Make requests synchronous. This ensures that Single Logout has completed before the Logout page renders. -->
-    <bean id="httpClient" class="org.jasig.cas.util.HttpClient"
-      p:readTimeout="5000"
-      p:connectionTimeout="5000">
-      <property name="executorService">
-        <bean class="org.springframework.core.task.support.ExecutorServiceAdapter">
-            <constructor-arg>
-                <bean class="org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor"/>
-            </constructor-arg>
-        </bean>
-      </property>
-    </bean>
+	<bean id="noRedirectHttpClient" class="org.jasig.cas.util.SimpleHttpClient" parent="httpClient"
+		  p:followRedirects="false" />
+
+	<bean id="persistentIdGenerator"
+		  class="org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.ShibbolethCompatiblePersistentIdGenerator"
+		  p:salt="casrocks"/>
+
+	<bean id="logoutManager" class="org.jasig.cas.logout.LogoutManagerImpl"
+		  c:servicesManager-ref="servicesManager"
+		  c:httpClient-ref="noRedirectHttpClient"
+		  c:logoutMessageBuilder-ref="logoutBuilder"
+		  p:disableSingleSignOut="${slo.callbacks.disabled:false}" />
+
+	<bean id="logoutBuilder" class="org.jasig.cas.logout.SamlCompliantLogoutMessageCreator" />
+
+	<!-- CentralAuthenticationService -->
+	<bean id="centralAuthenticationService" class="org.jasig.cas.CentralAuthenticationServiceImpl">
+		<constructor-arg index="0" ref="ticketRegistry"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="1">
+			<null />
+		</constructor-arg>
+		<constructor-arg index="2" ref="authenticationManager"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="3" ref="ticketGrantingTicketUniqueIdGenerator"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="4" ref="uniqueIdGeneratorsMap"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="5" ref="grantingTicketExpirationPolicy"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="6" ref="serviceTicketExpirationPolicy"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="7" ref="servicesManager"/>
+		<constructor-arg index="8" ref="logoutManager"/>
+		<property name="persistentIdGenerator" ref="persistentIdGenerator"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="proxy10Handler" class="org.jasig.cas.ticket.proxy.support.Cas10ProxyHandler"/>
+
+	<bean id="proxy20Handler" class="org.jasig.cas.ticket.proxy.support.Cas20ProxyHandler"
+		  p:httpClient-ref="httpClient"
+		  p:uniqueTicketIdGenerator-ref="proxy20TicketUniqueIdGenerator"/>
+
+	<!-- ADVISORS -->
+	<bean id="advisorAutoProxyCreator"
+		  class="org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator"/>
+
+	<bean id="validationAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" class="org.jasig.cas.util.CustomBeanValidationPostProcessor"
+		  p:afterInitialization="true" />
+
+	<!-- The scheduler bean wires up any triggers that define scheduled tasks -->
+	<bean id="scheduler" class="org.jasig.cas.util.AutowiringSchedulerFactoryBean"/>
+
+
+	<bean id="httpClient" class="org.jasig.cas.util.SimpleHttpClient"
+		  p:readTimeout="5000"
+		  p:connectionTimeout="5000">
+		<property name="executorService">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.core.task.support.ExecutorServiceAdapter">
+				<constructor-arg>
+					<bean class="org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor"/>
+				</constructor-arg>
+			</bean>
+	  </property>
+	</bean>
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/concurrency-jc/build.gradle b/samples/concurrency-jc/build.gradle
index 685bbbe62a..70e3f866d1 100644
--- a/samples/concurrency-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/concurrency-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/concurrency-jc/pom.xml b/samples/concurrency-jc/pom.xml
index e76ee547ba..18a529189d 100644
--- a/samples/concurrency-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/concurrency-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/contacts-xml/pom.xml b/samples/contacts-xml/pom.xml
index 4ba7463462..f65c29ae26 100644
--- a/samples/contacts-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/contacts-xml/pom.xml
@@ -53,49 +53,49 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/data-jc/build.gradle b/samples/data-jc/build.gradle
index 398cc3ae9a..5cc491faab 100644
--- a/samples/data-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/data-jc/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:$springDataJpaVersion",
             "org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.0-api:1.0.0.Final",
             'org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:3.6.10.Final',
-            "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.2.8",
+            "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
             "javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA",
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/data-jc/pom.xml b/samples/data-jc/pom.xml
index c5760ecac7..f86d157397 100644
--- a/samples/data-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/data-jc/pom.xml
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.8</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0.RC1</version>
+      <version>1.7.1.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/dms-xml/pom.xml b/samples/dms-xml/pom.xml
index 5d26b09001..9e76c99f88 100644
--- a/samples/dms-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/dms-xml/pom.xml
@@ -52,39 +52,39 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
       <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -126,19 +126,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/form-jc/build.gradle b/samples/form-jc/build.gradle
index 79830964f4..61f4dc3573 100644
--- a/samples/form-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/form-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 
     integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
diff --git a/samples/form-jc/pom.xml b/samples/form-jc/pom.xml
index 23229ecf41..fdf0032a45 100644
--- a/samples/form-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/form-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/gae-xml/pom.xml b/samples/gae-xml/pom.xml
index e5b09f8b14..91e6ecc864 100644
--- a/samples/gae-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/gae-xml/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -77,37 +77,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/hellojs-jc/build.gradle b/samples/hellojs-jc/build.gradle
index b201175c10..29b08fd927 100644
--- a/samples/hellojs-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/hellojs-jc/build.gradle
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ dependencies {
             "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.1"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/hellojs-jc/pom.xml b/samples/hellojs-jc/pom.xml
index 26ded27259..5da4e8d364 100644
--- a/samples/hellojs-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/hellojs-jc/pom.xml
@@ -65,25 +65,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -113,19 +113,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/hellomvc-jc/build.gradle b/samples/hellomvc-jc/build.gradle
index 5040ae48f5..dc56895165 100644
--- a/samples/hellomvc-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/hellomvc-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 
     testCompile project(":spring-security-test")
diff --git a/samples/hellomvc-jc/pom.xml b/samples/hellomvc-jc/pom.xml
index cefb6b624a..f5f70fa1e7 100644
--- a/samples/hellomvc-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/hellomvc-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/helloworld-jc/pom.xml b/samples/helloworld-jc/pom.xml
index 9e266fd46e..d28037711e 100644
--- a/samples/helloworld-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/helloworld-jc/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/helloworld-xml/pom.xml b/samples/helloworld-xml/pom.xml
index 66e8ae7b77..9d4bab98d5 100644
--- a/samples/helloworld-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/helloworld-xml/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-  <artifactId>spring-security-samples-helloworld-jc</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>spring-security-samples-helloworld-xml</artifactId>
   <version>4.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
-  <name>spring-security-samples-helloworld-jc</name>
-  <description>spring-security-samples-helloworld-jc</description>
+  <name>spring-security-samples-helloworld-xml</name>
+  <description>spring-security-samples-helloworld-xml</description>
   <url>http://spring.io/spring-security</url>
   <organization>
     <name>spring.io</name>
@@ -32,24 +31,6 @@
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security</url>
   </scm>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>spring-snasphot</id>
@@ -72,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -87,22 +68,10 @@
       <version>4.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.0.RC2</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -121,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -139,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -151,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -163,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -193,11 +162,29 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.0.RC2</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <properties>
     <m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>/sample</m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>
   </properties>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/samples/inmemory-jc/build.gradle b/samples/inmemory-jc/build.gradle
index 5040ae48f5..dc56895165 100644
--- a/samples/inmemory-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/inmemory-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 
     testCompile project(":spring-security-test")
diff --git a/samples/inmemory-jc/pom.xml b/samples/inmemory-jc/pom.xml
index 19dfe23010..7de2f2a8a2 100644
--- a/samples/inmemory-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/inmemory-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/insecure/pom.xml b/samples/insecure/pom.xml
index 0a3e046c3d..e1649835d3 100644
--- a/samples/insecure/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/insecure/pom.xml
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/insecuremvc/build.gradle b/samples/insecuremvc/build.gradle
index efb3596b0b..61ce64787c 100644
--- a/samples/insecuremvc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/insecuremvc/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/insecuremvc/pom.xml b/samples/insecuremvc/pom.xml
index 0b6da7cb22..0f3a6b7da4 100644
--- a/samples/insecuremvc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/insecuremvc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -89,19 +89,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/jaas-xml/pom.xml b/samples/jaas-xml/pom.xml
index 63b55f2855..d4be66f509 100644
--- a/samples/jaas-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/jaas-xml/pom.xml
@@ -47,25 +47,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/jdbc-jc/build.gradle b/samples/jdbc-jc/build.gradle
index 79830964f4..61f4dc3573 100644
--- a/samples/jdbc-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/jdbc-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 
     integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
diff --git a/samples/jdbc-jc/pom.xml b/samples/jdbc-jc/pom.xml
index 294b40a9a0..ff1ca1b049 100644
--- a/samples/jdbc-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/jdbc-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/ldap-jc/build.gradle b/samples/ldap-jc/build.gradle
index 5fbf43a3dc..2e2880a9b8 100644
--- a/samples/ldap-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/ldap-jc/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 
     integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
diff --git a/samples/ldap-jc/pom.xml b/samples/ldap-jc/pom.xml
index 2431024154..f89b2b5bf6 100644
--- a/samples/ldap-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/ldap-jc/pom.xml
@@ -95,25 +95,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -149,19 +149,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/ldap-xml/pom.xml b/samples/ldap-xml/pom.xml
index 2a4a33e7d6..2ac5d099ab 100644
--- a/samples/ldap-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/ldap-xml/pom.xml
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
       <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.10.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/messages-jc/build.gradle b/samples/messages-jc/build.gradle
index 2f65ec2984..d8bdd49736 100644
--- a/samples/messages-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/messages-jc/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile project(":spring-security-web"),
             project(":spring-security-config"),
             "org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.0-api:1.0.0.Final",
-            "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.2.8",
+            "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
             "javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA",
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final",
             "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
diff --git a/samples/messages-jc/pom.xml b/samples/messages-jc/pom.xml
index ff31c1f73d..ab35f04195 100644
--- a/samples/messages-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/messages-jc/pom.xml
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.8</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0.RC1</version>
+      <version>1.7.1.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -100,55 +100,55 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-instrument</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/openid-jc/build.gradle b/samples/openid-jc/build.gradle
index 6fea8996f6..ca297eb37f 100644
--- a/samples/openid-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/openid-jc/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30',
             "net.sourceforge.nekohtml:nekohtml:1.9.10"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/openid-jc/pom.xml b/samples/openid-jc/pom.xml
index e7c2d368b4..caf48169b3 100644
--- a/samples/openid-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/openid-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -113,19 +113,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/openid-xml/pom.xml b/samples/openid-xml/pom.xml
index 981fce8464..e7183435df 100644
--- a/samples/openid-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/openid-xml/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/preauth-jc/build.gradle b/samples/preauth-jc/build.gradle
index 685bbbe62a..70e3f866d1 100644
--- a/samples/preauth-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/preauth-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/preauth-jc/pom.xml b/samples/preauth-jc/pom.xml
index b2cef05d57..d55fdb5b59 100644
--- a/samples/preauth-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/preauth-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/preauth-xml/pom.xml b/samples/preauth-xml/pom.xml
index b56e7762b4..2db5daae21 100644
--- a/samples/preauth-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/preauth-xml/pom.xml
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/rememberme-jc/build.gradle b/samples/rememberme-jc/build.gradle
index 685bbbe62a..70e3f866d1 100644
--- a/samples/rememberme-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/rememberme-jc/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/rememberme-jc/pom.xml b/samples/rememberme-jc/pom.xml
index 8441891108..6361b30d3e 100644
--- a/samples/rememberme-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/rememberme-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/servletapi-xml/pom.xml b/samples/servletapi-xml/pom.xml
index 3a42897351..7554170650 100644
--- a/samples/servletapi-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/servletapi-xml/pom.xml
@@ -59,31 +59,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/tutorial-xml/pom.xml b/samples/tutorial-xml/pom.xml
index 407b9637b9..b195d9169d 100644
--- a/samples/tutorial-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/tutorial-xml/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -53,25 +53,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/x509-jc/build.gradle b/samples/x509-jc/build.gradle
index 48f2443049..685ac71f0d 100644
--- a/samples/x509-jc/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/x509-jc/build.gradle
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ dependencies {
             "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final"
 
     runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-            'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2',
+            "cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
             'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/x509-jc/pom.xml b/samples/x509-jc/pom.xml
index 8195f2db07..3d2209cea2 100644
--- a/samples/x509-jc/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/x509-jc/pom.xml
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sandbox/heavyduty/build.gradle b/sandbox/heavyduty/build.gradle
index f20488c814..da92fbfa51 100644
--- a/sandbox/heavyduty/build.gradle
+++ b/sandbox/heavyduty/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
             'org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core:1.5.5',
             'org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-server-jndi:1.5.5',
             'org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.16',
-            "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:1.8.0.10",
+            "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
             'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.5.11',
             'log4j:log4j:1.2.14'
 }
diff --git a/taglibs/pom.xml b/taglibs/pom.xml
index a97974f59e..05cb6b3a1a 100644
--- a/taglibs/pom.xml
+++ b/taglibs/pom.xml
@@ -58,25 +58,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -88,19 +88,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index e38555e9ce..1b4e00128f 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -126,43 +126,43 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-support</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4-common</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-reflect</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/web/pom.xml b/web/pom.xml
index 744bc5df73..a242de7be1 100644
--- a/web/pom.xml
+++ b/web/pom.xml
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -76,40 +76,40 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -176,37 +176,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-api-support</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-module-junit4-common</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
       <artifactId>powermock-reflect</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.1</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.5</version>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>