diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c267f367b..546890815 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
           <entities>
             <entity>
               <name>version</name>
-              <value>${pom.version}</value>
+              <value>${project.version}</value>
             </entity>
           </entities>
           <postProcess>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml
index af246b689..a7270d63c 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- versions for commonly-used dependencies -->
     <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>1.2.15</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>1.2.16</log4j.version>
     <org.mockito.version>1.8.4</org.mockito.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.2.1</hamcrest.version>
     <org.slf4j.version>1.5.10</org.slf4j.version>