diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e357c3dd0..1d272321a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <spark.version>1.6.1</spark.version>
         <jetty.version>6.1.26</jetty.version>
         <jersey.version>1.9</jersey.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.2.3</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.9.4</jackson.version>
         <quartz.version>2.2.1</quartz.version>
         <c3p0.version>0.9.5.2</c3p0.version>
         <joda.version>2.8.2</joda.version>
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
         <postgres.version>9.1-901-1.jdbc4</postgres.version>
         <internal.maven.repo>file:///tmp/falcontemprepo</internal.maven.repo>
         <excluded.test.groups>exhaustive</excluded.test.groups>
+        <spring.version>3.0.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -830,13 +831,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+                <version>${spring.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+                <version>${spring.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>