diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e1aab17510..53ba08a75e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 		"http://ehcache.org/apidocs/",
 		"http://quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.1.7/",
 		"http://jackson.codehaus.org/1.9.12/javadoc/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.2.0/",
+		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.2.2/",
 	] as String[]
 }
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ project("spring-messaging") {
 		compile(project(":spring-context"))
 		optional(project(":spring-websocket"))
 		optional(project(":spring-webmvc"))
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.2")
 		optional("org.projectreactor:reactor-core:1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT")
 		optional("org.projectreactor:reactor-tcp:1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:9.1.0.RC0") {
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ project("spring-jms") {
 		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:1.1")
 		optional("javax.resource:connector-api:1.5")
 		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.12")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.2")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ project("spring-web") {
 		optional("com.caucho:hessian:4.0.7")
 		optional("rome:rome:1.0")
 		optional("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3")
-		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3-beta2")
-		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.0-beta4")
+		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3.1")
+		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.0")
 		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.12")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.2")
 		optional("taglibs:standard:1.1.2")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:9.1.0.RC0") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet-api"
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ project("spring-websocket") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
 		}
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:9.1.0.RC0")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.2")
 		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.12")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:8.0.0-RC5")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		optional("velocity-tools:velocity-tools-view:1.4")
 		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.19")
 		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.12")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.2")
 		provided("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
 		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
 		provided("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		testCompile("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.2")
 		testCompile("commons-io:commons-io:1.3")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.0.Final")
-		testCompile("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3-beta2")
+		testCompile("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3.1")
 		testCompile("joda-time:joda-time:2.2")
 	}
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ project("spring-test-mvc") {
 		testCompile("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.0.Final")
 		testCompile("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.12")
-		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.0")
+		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.2")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-oxm"))
 		testCompile("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.4")
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory.java
index 6f95b08e9c..198c60bf16 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.CloseableHttpAsyncClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.HttpAsyncClients;
 import org.apache.http.nio.client.HttpAsyncClient;
-import org.apache.http.nio.reactor.IOReactorStatus;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 /**
  * Asynchronous extension of the {@link HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory}. Uses
   * <a href="http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-asyncclient-dev/">Apache HttpComponents
- * HttpAsyncClient</a> to create requests.
+ * HttpAsyncClient 4.0</a> to create requests.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 4.0
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ public class HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory
 	 * @param httpClient the HttpClient instance to use for this request factory
 	 * @param httpAsyncClient the HttpAsyncClient instance to use for this request factory
 	 */
-	public HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory(CloseableHttpClient httpClient,
-                                                       CloseableHttpAsyncClient httpAsyncClient) {
+	public HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory(
+			CloseableHttpClient httpClient, CloseableHttpAsyncClient httpAsyncClient) {
+
 		super(httpClient);
 		Assert.notNull(httpAsyncClient, "'httpAsyncClient' must not be null");
 		this.httpAsyncClient = httpAsyncClient;
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the {@code HttpClient} used for
 	 * {@linkplain #createAsyncRequest(java.net.URI, org.springframework.http.HttpMethod) asynchronous execution}.
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ public class HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory
 
 	private void startAsyncClient() {
         CloseableHttpAsyncClient asyncClient = getHttpAsyncClient();
-		if (asyncClient.getStatus() != IOReactorStatus.ACTIVE) {
+		if (!asyncClient.isRunning()) {
 			asyncClient.start();
 		}
 	}
@@ -145,4 +147,5 @@ public class HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory
 			getHttpAsyncClient().close();
 		}
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java
index 955707b12f..52471d2bdb 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java
@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.1
  */
-public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory
-		implements ClientHttpRequestFactory, DisposableBean {
+public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory implements ClientHttpRequestFactory, DisposableBean {
+
+	private CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
 
 	private int connectTimeout;
+
     private int socketTimeout;
-    private CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
 
 	private boolean bufferRequestBody = true;
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory
         this.httpClient = httpClient;
 	}
 
+
     /**
      * Set the {@code HttpClient} used for
      * {@linkplain #createRequest(URI, HttpMethod) synchronous execution}.
@@ -118,7 +120,6 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory
 
 	/**
 	 * Indicates whether this request factory should buffer the request body internally.
-	 *
 	 * <p>Default is {@code true}. When sending large amounts of data via POST or PUT, it is
 	 * recommended to change this property to {@code false}, so as not to run out of memory.
 	 */
@@ -126,20 +127,11 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory
 		this.bufferRequestBody = bufferRequestBody;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Indicates whether this request factory should buffer the request body internally.
-	 */
-	public boolean isBufferRequestBody() {
-		return bufferRequestBody;
-	}
-
-
 
 	@Override
 	public ClientHttpRequest createRequest(URI uri, HttpMethod httpMethod) throws IOException {
 		CloseableHttpClient client = getHttpClient();
-		Assert.state(client != null,
-				"Synchronous execution requires an HttpClient to be set");
+		Assert.state(client != null, "Synchronous execution requires an HttpClient to be set");
 		HttpUriRequest httpRequest = createHttpUriRequest(httpMethod, uri);
 		postProcessHttpRequest(httpRequest);
         HttpContext context = createHttpContext(httpMethod, uri);
@@ -159,13 +151,14 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory
                             .setConnectTimeout(this.connectTimeout)
                             .setSocketTimeout(this.socketTimeout)
                             .build();
-                } else {
+                }
+				else {
                     config = RequestConfig.DEFAULT;
                 }
             }
             context.setAttribute(HttpClientContext.REQUEST_CONFIG, config);
         }
-		if (bufferRequestBody) {
+		if (this.bufferRequestBody) {
 			return new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest(client, httpRequest, context);
 		}
 		else {
@@ -229,7 +222,7 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void destroy() throws Exception {
-        httpClient.close();
+        this.httpClient.close();
     }
 
 }