diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abc51839..1058b52d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <groupId>couchbase</groupId>
+  <groupId>com.couchbase</groupId>
+  <artifactId>spring-data-couchbase</artifactId>
   <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <couchbase>1.1.6</couchbase>
+    <spring>3.2.3.RELEASE</spring>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -31,9 +35,6 @@
       <name>Couchbase Maven Repository</name>
       <layout>default</layout>
       <url>http://files.couchbase.com/maven2/</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
@@ -41,13 +42,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>couchbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>couchbase-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.5</version>
+      <version>${couchbase}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.2.RELEASE</version>
-      <type>jar</type>
+      <version>${spring}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+      <version>${spring}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
+      <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.1.RELEASE</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
     	<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-    	<version>3.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+    	<version>${spring}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <artifactId>spring-data-couchbase</artifactId>
+  
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
index ce23e4af..71ad8e74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonEncoding;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonFactory;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ public class MappingCouchbaseConverter extends AbstractCouchbaseConverter
     OutputStream jsonStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     final JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = jsonFactory.createJsonGenerator(
       jsonStream, JsonEncoding.UTF8);
+    jsonGenerator.setCodec(new ObjectMapper());
 
     jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
     entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<CouchbasePersistentProperty>() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/CouchbaseTemplateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/CouchbaseTemplateTest.java
index 2eecd246..3cfec5ed 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/CouchbaseTemplateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/couchbase/spring/core/CouchbaseTemplateTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = TestApplicationConfig.class)
 public class CouchbaseTemplateTest {
@@ -121,12 +125,32 @@ public class CouchbaseTemplateTest {
     result = client.get(id);
     assertNull(result);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void storeLists() {
+    String id ="persons:lots-of-names";
+    List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
+    names.add("Michael");
+    names.add("Thomas");
+    List<Integer> votes = new LinkedList<Integer>();
+    ComplexPerson complex = new ComplexPerson(id, names, votes);
+
+    template.save(complex);
+
+    String expected = "{\"votes\":[],\"firstnames\":[\"Michael\",\"Thomas\"]}";
+    assertEquals(expected, client.get(id));
+
+    ComplexPerson response = template.findById(id, ComplexPerson.class);
+    assertEquals(names, response.getFirstnames());
+    assertEquals(votes, response.getVotes());
+    assertEquals(id, response.getId());
+  }
   
   /**
    * A sample document with just an id and property.
    */
   @Document
-  class SimplePerson {
+  static class SimplePerson {
     @Id
     private final String id;
     @Field
@@ -142,7 +166,7 @@ public class CouchbaseTemplateTest {
    * A sample document that expires in 2 seconds.
    */
   @Document(expiry=2)
-  class DocumentWithExpiry {
+  static class DocumentWithExpiry {
     @Id
     private final String id;
     
@@ -150,4 +174,33 @@ public class CouchbaseTemplateTest {
     	this.id = id;
     }
   }
+
+  @Document
+  static class ComplexPerson {
+    @Id
+    private final String id;
+    @Field
+    private final List<String> firstnames;
+    @Field
+    private final List<Integer> votes;
+
+    public ComplexPerson(String id, List<String> firstnames,
+      List<Integer> votes) {
+      this.id = id;
+      this.firstnames = firstnames;
+      this.votes = votes;
+    }
+
+    List<String> getFirstnames() {
+      return firstnames;
+    }
+
+    List<Integer> getVotes() {
+      return votes;
+    }
+
+    String getId() {
+      return id;
+    }
+  }
 }