diff --git a/spring-akka/pom.xml b/spring-akka/pom.xml
index eb33ca4848..1a273b0fed 100644
--- a/spring-akka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-akka/pom.xml
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>4.3.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <akka.version>2.4.8</akka.version>
+        <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <akka.version>2.4.14</akka.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index 23f2531b51..e77bf0b284 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.6.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.5.1</version>
+			<version>${assertj.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4</version>
+			<version>${easymock.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.ehcache</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.3</version>
+			<version>${ehcache.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
@@ -273,42 +273,17 @@
     
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>4.3.1.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
-		<javassist.version>3.20.0-GA</javassist.version>
-		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
+		<org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>4.2.0.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>
+		<hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.4</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>
-
-		<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>
-		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
-		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.18</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+		<ehcache.version>3.1.3</ehcache.version>
+		<easymock.version>3.4</easymock.version>
+		<assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
 
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-autowire/pom.xml b/spring-autowire/pom.xml
index fd03c77605..391cfc018e 100644
--- a/spring-autowire/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-autowire/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <org.springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
   	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>junit</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-	    <version>4.11</version>
+	    <version>${junit.version}</version>
 	</dependency>
     <dependency>
 	  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-batch/pom.xml b/spring-batch/pom.xml
index 5538dd912f..a92a0e8323 100644
--- a/spring-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch/pom.xml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spring.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring.batch.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.batch.version>
-        <sqlite.version>3.8.11.2</sqlite.version>
+        <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.batch.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.batch.version>
+        <sqlite.version>3.15.1</sqlite.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 5d29b55a19..cd2beb4201 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.subethamail</groupId>
             <artifactId>subethasmtp</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.7</version>
+            <version>${subethasmtp.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
             <artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.7-1</version>
+            <version>${bootstrap.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
             <artifactId>jquery</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.1</version>
+            <version>${jquery.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>${git-commit-id-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <git-commit-id-plugin.version>2.2.1</git-commit-id-plugin.version>
+        <jquery.version>3.1.1</jquery.version>
+        <bootstrap.version>3.3.7-1</bootstrap.version>
+        <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>