diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afb8d88d40..94e19a1956 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<dependency.springframework.version>4.0.0.BOOTSTRAP-SNAPSHOT</dependency.springframework.version>
-		<dependency.security.javaconfig.version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</dependency.security.javaconfig.version>
-		<dependency.spring.integration.version>2.2.3.RELEASE</dependency.spring.integration.version>
-		<dependency.spring.batch.version>2.2.0.RC1</dependency.spring.batch.version>
+		<spring.version>4.0.0.BOOTSTRAP-SNAPSHOT</spring.version>
+		<spring.security.javaconfig.version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</spring.security.javaconfig.version>
+		<spring.integration.version>2.2.3.RELEASE</spring.integration.version>
+		<spring.batch.version>2.2.0.RC1</spring.batch.version>
+        <tomcat.version>7.0.39</tomcat.version>
 	</properties>
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
@@ -251,17 +252,17 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 				<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-				<version>7.0.39</version>
+				<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 				<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
-				<version>7.0.39</version>
+				<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 				<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
-				<version>7.0.39</version>
+				<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
@@ -317,27 +318,27 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-security-javaconfig</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.security.javaconfig.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.security.javaconfig.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
                 <exclusions>
                   <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -348,47 +349,47 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.springframework.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${dependency.spring.batch.version}</version>
+				<version>${spring.batch.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
               <artifactId>spring-integration-core</artifactId>
-              <version>${dependency.spring.integration.version}</version>
+              <version>${spring.integration.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap-applications/pom.xml b/spring-bootstrap-applications/pom.xml
index 9d2626d38f..d43f99b7f5 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-bootstrap-applications/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
           <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-               <configuration>
+                <configuration>
+					<includePluginDependencies>true</includePluginDependencies>
                     <mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
            </plugin>
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <configuration>
+              <keepDependenciesWithProvidedScope>true</keepDependenciesWithProvidedScope>
               <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
               <filters>
                 <filter>
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-integration-sample/pom.xml b/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-integration-sample/pom.xml
index 1d196d6020..a6aff37cec 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-integration-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-integration-sample/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-integration-file</artifactId>
-			<version>${dependency.spring.integration.version}</version>
+			<version>${spring.integration.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-trad-sample/pom.xml b/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-trad-sample/pom.xml
index 338b5c2266..0f1783d442 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-trad-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-trad-sample/pom.xml
@@ -12,57 +12,9 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>/</m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>
+		<start-class>org.springframework.bootstrap.sample.trad.TradBootstrapApplication</start-class>
 	</properties>
 
-	<profiles>
-		<profile>
-			<id>tomcat</id>
-			<activation>
-				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-			</activation>
-			<dependencies>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-					<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-				</dependency>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-					<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-				</dependency>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-					<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-				</dependency>
-			</dependencies>
-		</profile>
-		<profile>
-			<id>jetty</id>
-			<activation>
-				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
-			</activation>
-			<dependencies>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-				</dependency>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-					<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-				</dependency>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jetty-jsp</artifactId>
-					<scope>provided</scope>
-				</dependency>
-			</dependencies>
-		</profile>
-	</profiles>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- Spring Framework -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -81,13 +33,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- CGLIB, required for @Configuration usage -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
-			<artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- Logging -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -116,8 +61,65 @@
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
 
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<includePluginDependencies>true</includePluginDependencies>
+                    <mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass>
+				</configuration>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+						<artifactId>spring-bootstrap</artifactId>
+						<version>${project.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+						<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
+						<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+						<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
+						<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+						<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
+						<version>${tomcat.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
 </project>