diff --git a/jpa/example/pom.xml b/jpa/example/pom.xml
index f972a745..19764143 100644
--- a/jpa/example/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/example/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 
 	<dependencies>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
diff --git a/jpa/java8/pom.xml b/jpa/java8/pom.xml
index 290764d0..1e6a5eb7 100644
--- a/jpa/java8/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa/java8/pom.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
 
 	<dependencies>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jadira.usertype</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usertype.extended</artifactId>
@@ -26,4 +21,17 @@
 
 	</dependencies>
 
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
index e6e11c88..f631c66f 100644
--- a/mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 		<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
-	<properties>
-		<spring-data-mongodb.version>1.5.0.RELEASE</spring-data-mongodb.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -33,7 +29,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63867a61..a05b1680 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.1.0.RELEASE</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modules>
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 		<apt.version>1.1.1</apt.version>
 		<querydsl.version>3.3.4</querydsl.version>
-		<spring.version>4.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
 
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
diff --git a/rest/starbucks/pom.xml b/rest/starbucks/pom.xml
index 1b9bca5c..164ed57c 100644
--- a/rest/starbucks/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/starbucks/pom.xml
@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
 		<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
-	<properties>
-		<mongodb.version>2.12.1</mongodb.version>
-		<spring-data-mongodb.version>1.5.0.RELEASE</spring-data-mongodb.version>
-		<spring-data-rest.version>2.1.0.RELEASE</spring-data-rest.version>
-		<spring-hateoas.version>0.12.0.RELEASE</spring-hateoas.version>
-	</properties>
-
 	<dependencies>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -36,6 +29,13 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+			<version>0.9.1</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/rest/starbucks/src/main/java/example/stores/StoreApp.java b/rest/starbucks/src/main/java/example/stores/StoreApp.java
index 3b15cb8c..9bb387a7 100644
--- a/rest/starbucks/src/main/java/example/stores/StoreApp.java
+++ b/rest/starbucks/src/main/java/example/stores/StoreApp.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package example.stores;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * Spring configuration class main application bootstrap point.
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguratio
  */
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
 @ComponentScan
-// Activates Spring Data REST
-@Import(RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.class)
 public class StoreApp {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {