diff --git a/helloworld/pom.xml b/helloworld/pom.xml
index 807ad00..75ee155 100644
--- a/helloworld/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.samples.spring</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-rabbit-helloworld</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5.5.RELEASE</version>
+	<version>1.6.0.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Spring AMQP Hello World</name>
 	<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
 		<spring.framework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
-		<spring.amqp.version>1.5.5.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
+		<spring.amqp.version>1.6.0.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/log4j/pom.xml b/log4j/pom.xml
index 1ca1a0d..ed09e7a 100644
--- a/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.samples.spring</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-rabbit-log4j</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5.5.RELEASE</version>
+	<version>1.6.0.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>Spring AMQP log4j</name>
 	<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
 		<spring.framework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
-		<spring.amqp.version>1.5.5.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
+		<spring.amqp.version>1.6.0.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50adf3d..f3e1899 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,5 +82,11 @@
 			<name>SpringSource Maven Release Repository</name>
 			<url>http://repo.spring.io/maven/bundles/release</url>
 		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<!-- necessary for org.springframework.build.aws.maven dependency -->
+			<id>libs-staging-local</id>
+			<name>libs-staging-local</name>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-staging-local</url>
+		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/rabbitmq-tutorials/pom.xml b/rabbitmq-tutorials/pom.xml
index eca0fb6..9ab1a62 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-tutorials/pom.xml
+++ b/rabbitmq-tutorials/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>rabbit-tutorials</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5.5.RELEASE</version>
+	<version>1.6.0.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>rabbitmq-tutorials</name>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-rabbit</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.6.0.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-rabbit</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.5.RELEASE</version>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/stocks/pom.xml b/stocks/pom.xml
index 9fe9728..dc88f82 100644
--- a/stocks/pom.xml
+++ b/stocks/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.samples.spring</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-rabbit-stocks</artifactId>
-	<version>1.5.5.RELEASE</version>
+	<version>1.6.0.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Rabbit Stocks</name>
 	<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
 		<spring.framework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
-		<spring.amqp.version>1.5.5.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
+		<spring.amqp.version>1.6.0.RELEASE</spring.amqp.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 	<profiles>
@@ -243,4 +243,5 @@
 			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/snapshot</url>
 		</snapshotRepository>
 	</distributionManagement>
+
 </project>