diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b39780b70..c27966bc07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.11</version>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>jboss-logging-spi</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.1.GA</version>
+      <version>2.1.2.GA</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.8.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.11</version>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           <source>1.6</source>
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.2</version>
+        <version>2.4.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         </configuration>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
+        <version>2.7.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <forkMode>never</forkMode>
           <excludes>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
+        <version>2.3.4</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
           <instructions>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-source</id>
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <version>1.6</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>write-version</id>
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.1</version>
+            <version>1.8.2</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant-launcher</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.1</version>
+            <version>1.8.2</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.1</version>
+        <version>2.7</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>generate-javadoc</id>
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
+        <version>2.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>generate-xref</id>
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <version>2.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>generate-distribution</id>
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0</version>
+        <version>2.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- We don't want to use the default release profile because it
                causes the JavaDoc and source jars to be deployed twice. -->