diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1fd6e3e8..abe69aa8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 		<!-- Java EE / Java SE dependencies -->
 		<jsp.version>2.2</jsp.version>
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
-		<tomcat.servlet.version>7.0.30</tomcat.servlet.version>
+		<tomcat.version>7.0.56</tomcat.version>
+		<tomcat.servlet.version>7.0.56</tomcat.servlet.version>
 		<jaxb-impl.version>2.2.7</jaxb-impl.version>
 
 		<!-- Hibernate / JPA -->
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 		<hibernate-validator.version>4.3.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
 		<!-- Database access -->
-		<tomcat-jdbc.version>7.0.42</tomcat-jdbc.version>
+		<tomcat-jdbc.version>7.0.56</tomcat-jdbc.version>
 		<ehcache.version>2.6.9</ehcache.version>
 		<hsqldb.version>2.3.2</hsqldb.version>
 
@@ -437,12 +438,117 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0</version>
+				<version>2.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<server>tomcat-development-server</server>
 					<port>9966</port>
 					<path>/petclinic</path>
 				</configuration>
+				<dependencies>
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-util</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-coyote</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-api</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-jdbc</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-dbcp</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-servlet-api</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-jsp-api</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-jasper</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-jasper-el</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-el-api</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-catalina</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-tribes</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-catalina-ha</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-annotations-api</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-juli</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+		          <dependency>
+		            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+		            <artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-log4j</artifactId>
+		            <version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+		          </dependency>
+		      </dependencies>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>