diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d44630fe..fc186277 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,25 +54,25 @@
 
     <properties>
 
-        <maven.jar.version>2.4</maven.jar.version>
-        <maven.compiler.version>3.1</maven.compiler.version>
+        <maven.jar.version>3.0.2</maven.jar.version>
+        <maven.compiler.version>3.5.1</maven.compiler.version>
 
         <jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <buildNumber>${user.name}-${maven.build.timestamp}</buildNumber>
 
-        <jackson.version>2.7.0</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.8.2</jackson.version>
 
         <!-- Optional Runtime Dependencies: -->
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.51</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.55</bouncycastle.version>
 
         <!-- Test Dependencies: Only required for testing when building.  Not required by users at runtime: -->
-        <groovy.version>2.3.0-beta-2</groovy.version>
-        <logback.version>1.0.7</logback.version>
-        <easymock.version>3.3.1</easymock.version>
+        <groovy.version>2.4.7</groovy.version>
+        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <easymock.version>3.4</easymock.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <powermock.version>1.6.2</powermock.version>
-        <failsafe.plugin.version>2.12.4</failsafe.plugin.version>
+        <powermock.version>1.6.5</powermock.version>
+        <failsafe.plugin.version>2.19.1</failsafe.plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtParserTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtParserTest.groovy
index 40dba0c7..528656dc 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtParserTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/io/jsonwebtoken/JwtParserTest.groovy
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ class JwtParserTest {
         // system converts to seconds (lopping off millis precision), then returns millis
         def issuedAtMillis = ((long)issuedAt.getTime() / 1000) * 1000
 
-        assertEquals jwt.getBody().getIssuedAt().getTime(), issuedAtMillis
+        assertEquals jwt.getBody().getIssuedAt().getTime(), issuedAtMillis, 0
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ class JwtParserTest {
         // system converts to seconds (lopping off millis precision), then returns millis
         def expirationMillis = ((long)expiration.getTime() / 1000) * 1000
 
-        assertEquals jwt.getBody().getExpiration().getTime(), expirationMillis
+        assertEquals jwt.getBody().getExpiration().getTime(), expirationMillis, 0
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ class JwtParserTest {
         // system converts to seconds (lopping off millis precision), then returns millis
         def notBeforeMillis = ((long)notBefore.getTime() / 1000) * 1000
 
-        assertEquals jwt.getBody().getNotBefore().getTime(), notBeforeMillis
+        assertEquals jwt.getBody().getNotBefore().getTime(), notBeforeMillis, 0
     }
 
     @Test