diff --git a/spring-core/spring-core.gradle b/spring-core/spring-core.gradle
index 36f5fe3d3a..5cc3a33d24 100644
--- a/spring-core/spring-core.gradle
+++ b/spring-core/spring-core.gradle
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("io.netty:netty-buffer")
 	testCompile("io.projectreactor:reactor-test")
 	testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
-	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.5.1")
+	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.6.0")
 	testCompile("javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0")
-	testCompile("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.0.3") {
+	testCompile("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.1.0") {
 		exclude group: "stax", module: "stax-api"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-messaging/spring-messaging.gradle b/spring-messaging/spring-messaging.gradle
index 934dc0bcea..cc73a22cbe 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/spring-messaging.gradle
+++ b/spring-messaging/spring-messaging.gradle
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:${tomcatVersion}")
 	testCompile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:${kotlinVersion}")
 	testCompile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${kotlinVersion}")
-	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.5.1")
+	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.6.0")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:2.3.0")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:2.3.0")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.activation:javax.activation:1.2.0")
diff --git a/spring-oxm/spring-oxm.gradle b/spring-oxm/spring-oxm.gradle
index 41aa46da2f..b27a459df5 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/spring-oxm.gradle
+++ b/spring-oxm/spring-oxm.gradle
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ dependencies {
 	}
 	testCompile(files(genCastor.classesDir).builtBy(genCastor))
 	testCompile(files(genJaxb.classesDir).builtBy(genJaxb))
-	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.5.1")
+	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.6.0")
 	testRuntime("xerces:xercesImpl:2.11.0")  // for Castor
 	testRuntime("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:2.3.0")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:2.3.0")
diff --git a/spring-test/spring-test.gradle b/spring-test/spring-test.gradle
index 97461ac9a4..eb7df0d3e0 100644
--- a/spring-test/spring-test.gradle
+++ b/spring-test/spring-test.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
 		exclude group: "io.netty", module: "netty"
 	}
-	optional("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.5.1")
+	optional("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.6.0")
 	optional("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.0")
 	optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.4.0")
 	optional("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:${kotlinVersion}")
diff --git a/spring-web/spring-web.gradle b/spring-web/spring-web.gradle
index 7e687f69b1..c716a81e26 100644
--- a/spring-web/spring-web.gradle
+++ b/spring-web/spring-web.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
 	}
 	optional("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3.3")
 	optional("org.synchronoss.cloud:nio-multipart-parser:1.1.0")
-	optional("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.0.3") {  // woodstox before aalto
+	optional("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.1.0") {  // woodstox before aalto
 		exclude group: "stax", module: "stax-api"
 	}
 	optional("com.fasterxml:aalto-xml:1.0.0")
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jackson2Version}")
 	optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile:${jackson2Version}")
 	optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:${jackson2Version}")
-	optional("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.4")
+	optional("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5")
 	optional("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.5.1")
 	optional("com.googlecode.protobuf-java-format:protobuf-java-format:1.4")
 	optional("com.rometools:rome:1.9.0")
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testCompile("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.10.0")
 	testCompile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:${kotlinVersion}")
 	testCompile("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.0")
-	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.5.1")
+	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.6.0")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.mail:javax.mail:1.6.1")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:2.3.0")
 	testRuntime("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:2.3.0")
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
index 20513514f5..7f2ef5e805 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
+++ b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies {
 		exclude group: "xom", module: "xom"
 		exclude group: "xerces", module: "xercesImpl"
 	}
-	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.5.1")
+	testCompile("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.6.0")
 	testCompile("io.projectreactor:reactor-core")
 	testCompile("io.reactivex:rxjava:${rxjavaVersion}")
 	testCompile("io.reactivex:rxjava-reactive-streams:${rxjavaAdapterVersion}")