diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 53cb493cad..7c1f413aef 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/experiments/pom.xml b/experiments/pom.xml
index 126f393265..01806b430d 100644
--- a/experiments/pom.xml
+++ b/experiments/pom.xml
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/guava/pom.xml b/guava/pom.xml
index e9636e0231..8cbde3aa58 100644
--- a/guava/pom.xml
+++ b/guava/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index afe45b345f..5102081681 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/jackson/pom.xml b/jackson/pom.xml
index eb969d1f2c..04c150270c 100644
--- a/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/mockito/pom.xml b/mockito/pom.xml
index 73da559339..52d42bc266 100644
--- a/mockito/pom.xml
+++ b/mockito/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index beaf8c93fe..c26b184be7 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
         <javassist.version>3.18.1-GA</javassist.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -221,12 +221,11 @@
         <httpclient.version>4.3.3</httpclient.version>
 
         <rest-assured.version>2.3.0</rest-assured.version>
-
         
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java
index 6a057fc0c7..d57151e259 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -65,14 +65,11 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 2c3a16b51f..6322040af7 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 		<javassist.version>3.18.1-GA</javassist.version>
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause1PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause1PersistenceConfig.java
index 98d2941db5..11dff24e48 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause1PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause1PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -66,14 +66,11 @@ public class Cause1PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause2PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause2PersistenceConfig.java
index 92d5f906a8..d1d6408934 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause2PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause2PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -68,14 +68,11 @@ public class Cause2PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause3PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause3PersistenceConfig.java
index 241c6c315d..d4245e8e45 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause3PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/mappingexception/spring/Cause3PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -69,14 +69,11 @@ public class Cause3PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java
index fdf6179040..4fb3fdacd5 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/config/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -66,14 +66,11 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index 23346cfc2c..ae11b910cc 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 		<javassist.version>3.18.1-GA</javassist.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index a6373f10ec..15752165cc 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -68,14 +68,11 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index 91713ede69..4e5fa0dcf1 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 		<javassist.version>3.18.1-GA</javassist.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index aad79bea00..5df90c687f 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -68,14 +68,11 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties hibernateProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index f319e321c5..6997796e7b 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceJPAConfig.java b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceJPAConfig.java
index ea729fde0c..2e6882c684 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceJPAConfig.java
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceJPAConfig.java
@@ -73,15 +73,11 @@ public class PersistenceJPAConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties additionalProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 820ab433f9..9499d21ad7 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
index a2ba3d90e9..a1ee1a575e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-no-xml/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index 141228662a..9d1462ebd2 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 1ec4145533..3c21515a1f 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
index aa50cde874..fb074b043c 100644
--- a/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
index 33e1b64c3d..1b45172dd8 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 6f91acf593..74fa34ba00 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
index c6c935d340..019cdbd5aa 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
index 68c5fcf036..4f7f4aeadf 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
index 06e5ef92b2..82efe53907 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 		
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
index 708bcb467f..06a2f5c2bb 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 		
 	</properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 6ee64ebb32..31ce230c8a 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
index a4f114b691..f4088eec21 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index 91e501b390..bcb61033ca 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-full/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -74,15 +74,11 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     final Properties additionalProperties() {
-        return new Properties() {
-            {
-                setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
-                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
-
-                // setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
-                // note: necessary in launchpad-storage, but causing problems here
-            }
-        };
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
index 82b9762ec8..90b8e0f68f 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
 		<!-- persistence -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.4.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-		<commons-lang3.version>3.3</commons-lang3.version>
+		<commons-lang3.version>3.3.1</commons-lang3.version>
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.7</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 		
 	</properties>
diff --git a/starting/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/starting/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 416b6f11e3..a8cd778faf 100644
--- a/starting/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/starting/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.4</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.16</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.6</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.6</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>