diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0ca8e9d0..59fdd7629 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<!-- Spring -->
-		<spring-framework.version>4.1.4.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
-		<spring-data-jpa.version>1.7.1.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
+		<spring-framework.version>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
+		<spring-data-jpa.version>1.8.0.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
 
 
 		<!-- Java EE / Java SE dependencies -->
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<hsqldb.version>2.3.2</hsqldb.version>
 
 		<!-- AOP -->
-		<aspectj.version>1.8.4</aspectj.version>
+		<aspectj.version>1.8.5</aspectj.version>
 
 		<!-- Logging -->
 		<logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 
 		<!-- Test -->
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<assertj.version>1.7.1</assertj.version>
-
+		<assertj.version>2.0.0</assertj.version>
+  
 		<!-- Dates -->
 		<jodatime-hibernate.version>1.3</jodatime-hibernate.version>
 		<jodatime-jsptags.version>1.1.1</jodatime-jsptags.version>