diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d686cb08..b3f44d37a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Spring -->
 		<spring-framework.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
-		<spring-data-jpa.version>1.3.0.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
+		<spring-data-jpa.version>1.3.1.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
 
 
 		<!-- Java EE / Java SE dependencies -->
@@ -25,15 +25,12 @@
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 		<servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
 		<javax-el.version>2.2</javax-el.version>
-		<jaxb-api.version>2.2.7</jaxb-api.version>
-		<jaxb-impl.version>2.2.7-b53</jaxb-impl.version>
+		<jaxb-impl.version>2.2.7-b63</jaxb-impl.version>
 
 		<!-- Hibernate / JPA -->
 		<hibernate.version>4.1.9.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<hibernate-jpa.version>1.0.1.Final</hibernate-jpa.version>
 
 		<!-- Bean validation -->
-		<validation.version>1.0.0.GA</validation.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>4.3.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
 		<!-- Database access -->
@@ -45,8 +42,8 @@
 		<aspectj.version>1.7.2</aspectj.version>
 
 		<!-- Logging -->
-		<logback.version>1.0.9</logback.version>
-		<slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
+		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
+		<slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
 
 		<!-- RSS -->
 		<rome.version>1.0</rome.version>
@@ -78,11 +75,6 @@
 			<artifactId>usertype.core</artifactId>
 			<version>${jadira-usertype-core.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-			<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${validation.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
@@ -100,12 +92,6 @@
 			<version>${jsp.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${jaxb-api.version}</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
@@ -232,11 +218,6 @@
 			<version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${jstl.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jstl-impl</artifactId>
@@ -268,11 +249,6 @@
 			<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
 			<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${hibernate-jpa.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
@@ -330,12 +306,6 @@
 			<version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>