diff --git a/spring-data-keyvalue-parent/pom.xml b/spring-data-keyvalue-parent/pom.xml
index f4dfa40fb..45e6f69bd 100644
--- a/spring-data-keyvalue-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-keyvalue-parent/pom.xml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- versions for commonly-used dependencies -->
     <junit.version>4.8.1</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>1.2.15</log4j.version>
-    <org.codehaus.jackson.version>1.6.1</org.codehaus.jackson.version>
+    <log4j.version>1.2.16</log4j.version>
+    <org.codehaus.jackson.version>1.7.4</org.codehaus.jackson.version>
     <org.mockito.version>1.8.5</org.mockito.version>
-    <org.slf4j.version>1.5.8</org.slf4j.version>
+    <org.slf4j.version>1.6.1</org.slf4j.version>
     <org.spockframework.version>0.5-groovy-1.7-SNAPSHOT</org.spockframework.version>
     <org.springframework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
     <!-- dist.* properties are used by the antrun tasks below -->