diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d940784236a..7d998b065b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 		<!-- Dependency Versions -->
 		<derby_version>10.12.1.1</derby_version>
 		<jersey_version>2.22.2</jersey_version>
-		<jetty_version>9.3.8.v20160314</jetty_version>
+		<jetty_version>9.3.9.v20160517</jetty_version>
 		<!-- Note on Hibernate versions: Hibernate 4.3+ uses JPA 2.1, which is too new for a number of platforms including JBoss EAP 6.x and Glassfish 3.0. Upgrade this version with caution! Also note that if 
 			you change this, you may get a failure in hibernate4-maven-plugin. See the note in hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/pom.xml's configuration for that plugin... -->
 		<hibernate_version>5.1.0.Final</hibernate_version>
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 		<maven_source_plugin_version>2.4</maven_source_plugin_version>
 		<phloc_schematron_version>2.7.1</phloc_schematron_version>
 		<phloc_commons_version>4.4.4</phloc_commons_version>
-		<spring_version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring_version>
+		<spring_version>4.2.6.RELEASE</spring_version>
 		<thymeleaf-version>2.1.4.RELEASE</thymeleaf-version>
 		<ebay_cors_filter_version>1.0.1</ebay_cors_filter_version>
 		<xmlunit_version>1.6</xmlunit_version>
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-search-orm</artifactId>
-				<version>5.5.2.Final</version>
+				<version>5.5.3.Final</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-				<version>1.9.2.RELEASE</version>
+				<version>1.10.1.RELEASE</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.11</version>
+				<version>2.12</version>
 				<inherited>false</inherited>
 				<reportSets>
 					<reportSet>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index c209c3d3c09..62c38fef48c 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
 	</properties>
 	<body>
 		<release version="1.6" date="TBD">
+			<action type="add">
+				Bump the version of a few dependencies to the
+				latest versions (dependent HAPI modules listed in brackets):
+				<![CDATA[
+					<ul>
+						<li>Spring (JPA, Web Tester): 4.2.5 -&gt; 4.2.6</li>
+						<li>Spring-Data (JPA): 1.9.2 -&gt; 1.10.1</li>
+						<li>Hibernate Search (JPA): 5.5.2 -&gt; 5.5.3</li>
+					</ul>
+				]]>
+			</action>
 			<action type="fix" issue="345">
 				ResponseValidatingInterceptor threw an InternalErrorException (HTTP 500) for operations
 				that do not return any content (e.g. delete). Thanks to Mohammad Jafari for reporting!
