diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index 9dfb42a623..854e56ba74 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index ddbbd6ff19..c6e3848b8e 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index f1846c7350..a11aaa5d31 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 		<javassist.version>3.18.0-GA</javassist.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
-		<hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 		<tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.41</tomcat-dbcp.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 1f8ba8d675..9f22e8b120 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 66e6d8f009..7c3d7e93ee 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 9784ac36ee..8bb4ef127a 100644
--- a/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-    <wb-module deploy-name="spring-mvc">
+    <wb-module deploy-name="spring-rest">
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <property name="context-root" value="spring-mvc"/>
-        <property name="java-output-path" value="/spring-mvc/target/classes"/>
+        <property name="context-root" value="spring-rest"/>
+        <property name="java-output-path" value="/spring-rest/target/classes"/>
     </wb-module>
 </project-modules>
diff --git a/spring-rest/README.md b/spring-rest/README.md
index 323bf274e0..b979f263ed 100644
--- a/spring-rest/README.md
+++ b/spring-rest/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =========
 
-## Spring MVC Example Project
+## Spring REST Example Project
 
 
 ### Relevant Articles: 
diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 7427a45896..96a6e57de1 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-mvc</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>spring-rest</artifactId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-    <name>spring-mvc</name>
+    <name>spring-rest</name>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <finalName>spring-mvc</finalName>
+        <finalName>spring-rest</finalName>
         <resources>
             <resource>
                 <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         <groovy.version>1.8.9</groovy.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.2</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.3</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.15</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
index 16059e3e7e..9062719169 100644
--- a/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
index 6c6d4de4e9..4f83f8f328 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 760d8156f3..9357cafda0 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
index 73968b0273..dc5aa6ba60 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
index 1cf7dd867e..f9d3db1978 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
-		<hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
 		<!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
index e6e4c073c3..14ae9bd4bf 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
-		<hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 		<spring-data-jpa.version>1.3.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
index 1a84797582..1bf71c0e66 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 		<org.springframework.security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
-		<hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
+		<hibernate.version>4.2.3.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.25</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
 		<!-- logging -->