diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 14f1fdd6a..c20936443 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -33,14 +33,10 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/execution/pom.xml b/execution/pom.xml
index 1097a45ab..70ef552c3 100644
--- a/execution/pom.xml
+++ b/execution/pom.xml
@@ -26,26 +26,20 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.0.7</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<!-- Needed by Hibernate if JTA is excluded -->
@@ -58,40 +52,12 @@
 			<!-- Force Hibernate to use a particular nodep version of cglib in case of clash with Spring AOP -->
 			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1_3</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.3.ga</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>cglib</groupId>
-					<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
-					<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>asm</groupId>
-					<artifactId>asm-attrs</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>asm</groupId>
-					<artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/pom.xml b/infrastructure/pom.xml
index c82e16829..c877d26fa 100644
--- a/infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -21,19 +21,15 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1_3</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1-m3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>backport-util-concurrent</groupId>
@@ -61,102 +57,37 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>avalon-framework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>avalon-framework</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>logkit</groupId>
-					<artifactId>logkit</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-					<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.0.7</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1-m3</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-dao</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-jpa</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-support</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.1</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>stax</groupId>
 			<artifactId>stax</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.0</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 73995fdc5..c07816426 100644
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.0.7</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>activemq-core</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>4.2-incubator-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<!-- This is just for the JMS spec - could use javax.jms -->
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 26a285420..4e20fb9c7 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -25,23 +25,16 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>aspectj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springmodules</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-modules-validation</artifactId>
 			<version>0.8</version>
 			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>rhino</groupId>
 					<artifactId>js</artifactId>
@@ -72,25 +65,16 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.0.7</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.1</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
-					<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -102,28 +86,23 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>easymock</groupId>
 			<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- optional dependency from infrastructure -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1_3</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- optional dependency from infrastructure -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- optional dependency from infrastructure -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>stax</groupId>
 			<artifactId>stax</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>