diff --git a/javax-servlets/pom.xml b/javax-servlets/pom.xml
index f1804b4d02..2314b11b18 100644
--- a/javax-servlets/pom.xml
+++ b/javax-servlets/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <properties>
         <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
+        <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.2</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml
index 2b825aa363..85ead9413e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    <spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies.version>1.1.0.RELEASE</spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies.version>
     <spring-cloud-dependencies.version>Brixton.SR7</spring-cloud-dependencies.version>
   </properties>