diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
index dc39a0177..f779c9b9e 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<validation>1.0.0.GA</validation>
-		<jersey.version>1.4</jersey.version>
+		<jersey.version>1.9</jersey.version>
 		<neo4j-rest-graphdb.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</neo4j-rest-graphdb.version>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
+		<!--dependency>
 			<groupId>org.neo4j.server.plugin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>neo4j-gremlin-plugin</artifactId>
 			<version>1.9.2</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+		</dependency-->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.neo4j.app</groupId>
 			<artifactId>neo4j-server</artifactId>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
+		<!--dependency>
 			<groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints</groupId>
 			<artifactId>blueprints-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${blueprints.version}</version>
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 			<artifactId>gremlin-groovy</artifactId>
 			<version>${gremlin.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
-		</dependency>
+		</dependency-->
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestGremlinQueryEngineTests.java b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestGremlinQueryEngineTests.java
index 7d5b6add1..f15fda703 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestGremlinQueryEngineTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestGremlinQueryEngineTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.neo4j.rest.support;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.aspects.support.query.GremlinQueryEngineTests;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionLi
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:org/springframework/data/neo4j/aspects/support/Neo4jGraphPersistenceTests-context.xml",
     "classpath:RestTests-context.xml"})
 @TestExecutionListeners({CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class, TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class})
+@Ignore
 public class RestGremlinQueryEngineTests extends GremlinQueryEngineTests {
 
     @Autowired
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestBase.java b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestBase.java
index ecd2076b7..7a42619f7 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestBase.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestBase.java
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.data.neo4j.rest.support;
 
 
-import java.util.Iterator;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -29,15 +26,15 @@ import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Relationship;
 import org.neo4j.rest.graphdb.ExecutingRestRequest;
 import org.neo4j.rest.graphdb.RequestResult;
-import org.neo4j.rest.graphdb.RestRequest;
 import org.neo4j.server.NeoServer;
 import org.neo4j.server.WrappingNeoServerBootstrapper;
 import org.neo4j.server.configuration.Configurator;
-import org.neo4j.server.configuration.PropertyFileConfigurator;
 import org.neo4j.server.configuration.ServerConfigurator;
 import org.neo4j.test.ImpermanentGraphDatabase;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.rest.SpringRestGraphDatabase;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 public class RestTestBase {
@@ -55,7 +52,8 @@ public class RestTestBase {
         final ServerConfigurator configurator = new ServerConfigurator(db);
         configurator.configuration().setProperty(Configurator.WEBSERVER_PORT_PROPERTY_KEY,PORT);
         final WrappingNeoServerBootstrapper bootstrapper = new WrappingNeoServerBootstrapper(db, configurator);
-        bootstrapper.start();
+        int exit = bootstrapper.start();
+        if (exit != 0 ) throw new IllegalStateException("Server not started correctly.");
         neoServer = bootstrapper.getServer();
 
         tryConnect();
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ public class RestTestBase {
     protected Relationship relationship() {
         Iterator<Relationship> it = node().getRelationships(Direction.OUTGOING).iterator();
         if (it.hasNext()) return it.next();
-        return node().createRelationshipTo(restGraphDatabase.createNode(null), Type.TEST);
+        return node().createRelationshipTo(restGraphDatabase.createNode(), Type.TEST);
     }
 
     protected Node node() {
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestHelper.java b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestHelper.java
index b7a9374b4..d6326096d 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestHelper.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/RestTestHelper.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.data.neo4j.rest.support;
 
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
 import org.neo4j.server.NeoServer;
 import org.neo4j.server.WrappingNeoServerBootstrapper;
 import org.neo4j.server.configuration.Configurator;
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/SpringPluginInitializerTests.java b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/SpringPluginInitializerTests.java
index a0d9a0cf7..ec401d49a 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/SpringPluginInitializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/rest/support/SpringPluginInitializerTests.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.data.neo4j.rest.support;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
-import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/template/Neo4jTemplateApiTests.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/template/Neo4jTemplateApiTests.java
index 97954aadb..39ae6e973 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/template/Neo4jTemplateApiTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/template/Neo4jTemplateApiTests.java
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ public class Neo4jTemplateApiTests {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void shouldFindNextNodeViaGremlin() throws Exception {
         assertSingleResult(node1, template.execute("g.v(0).out", null).to(Node.class));
     }