diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml
index ded902b30..4884c8db6 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/cineasts-rest/pom.xml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spring.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
         <neo4j.version>1.8.1</neo4j.version>
         <spring-data-neo4j.version>${project.version}</spring-data-neo4j.version>
-        <aspectj.version>1.6.12</aspectj.version>
+        <aspectj.version>1.7.1</aspectj.version>
         <jersey.version>1.4</jersey.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -24,51 +24,25 @@
             <id>Sun</id>
             <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
         </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>spring-maven-release</id>
-            <name>Spring Maven Release Repository</name>
-            <url>http://maven.springframework.org/release</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>spring-maven-snapshot</id>
-            <name>Spring Maven Snapshot Repository</name>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <url>http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>spring-maven-milestone</id>
-            <name>Spring Maven Milestone Repository</name>
-            <url>http://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-        </repository>
-	    <repository>
-	      <id>neo4j-release-repository</id>
-	      <name>Neo4j Maven 2 release repository</name>
-	      <url>http://m2.neo4j.org/releases</url>
-	      <releases>
-	        <enabled>true</enabled>
-	      </releases>
-	      <snapshots>
-	        <enabled>false</enabled>
-	      </snapshots>
-	    </repository>
-	    <repository>
-	      <id>neo4j-snapshot-repository</id>
-	      <name>Neo4j Maven 2 snapshot repository</name>
-	      <url>http://m2.neo4j.org/snapshots</url>
-	      <snapshots>
-	        <enabled>true</enabled>
-	      </snapshots>
-	      <releases>
-	        <enabled>false</enabled>
-	      </releases>
-	    </repository>
-        <repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-libs-release</id>
+			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-release</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>neo4j-public-release-repository</id>
+			<url>http://m2.neo4j.org/releases</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+        <!--repository>
             <id>jboss-public-repo</id>
             <url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/</url>
             <name>JBoss public available repo</name>
-        </repository>
+        </repository-->
     </repositories>
 
     <pluginRepositories>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/hello-worlds/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/hello-worlds/pom.xml
index 06423c68a..3fab0698f 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/hello-worlds/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/hello-worlds/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@
 			<artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
 			<version>2.2</version>
 		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0.0.Final</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/imdb/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/imdb/pom.xml
index 9be5b74cc..367b0239a 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/imdb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/imdb/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@
       <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
       <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
+        <optional>true</optional>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml
index 84cc64132..109f7bba0 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-examples/todos/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
 			<version>1.2.16</version>
 		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0.0.Final</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>