diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a0face..12d9acd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.guice</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-guice</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.1.RELEASE</version>
 
 	<name>spring-guice</name>
 	<description>Utilities for using Spring with Guice and vice versa</description>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<spring.version>4.2.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>4.2.9.RELEASE</spring.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.6</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>