diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
index 296703c27e..4c2fdb4709 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.8.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -253,40 +253,17 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
-
-        <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.38</mysql-connector-java.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
-
-        <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
 
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
-
-        <httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version>
+        <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
 
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.18</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>