diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 41de270af..daa266efd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ configure(subprojects) { subproject ->
     compile "org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:$jacksonVersion"
 
     // Spring
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-core:$springVersion"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
+    compile("org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion") { force = true }
+    compile("org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion") { force = true }
+    compile("org.springframework:spring-core:$springVersion") { force = true }
+    compile("org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion") { force = true }
+    compile("org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion") { force = true }
 
     // Testing
     testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion"
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/build.gradle b/spring-data-rest-core/build.gradle
index 828755e09..a222d5dbf 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
 
   // Google Guava
-  compile "com.google.guava:guava:11.0.2"
+  compile "com.google.guava:guava:12.0"
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-repository/build.gradle b/spring-data-rest-repository/build.gradle
index 96e4e680d..482ac1852 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-repository/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-data-rest-repository/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 dependencies {
 
   // Spring
-  compile "org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion"
-  compile "org.springframework:spring-oxm:$springVersion"
-  compile "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion"
+  compile("org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion") { force = true }
+  compile("org.springframework:spring-oxm:$springVersion") { force = true }
+  compile("org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion") { force = true }
 
   // JPA
   compile "org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.0-api:1.0.1.Final"