diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 10d84aa0..9560aa1c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
 		sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
 		ext {
-			activeMqVersion = '5.11.1'
+			activeMqVersion = '5.12.1'
 			apacheSshdVersion = '0.13.0'
 			aspectjVersion = '1.8.4'
 			commonsDigesterVersion = '2.0'
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
 			mockitoVersion = '1.9.5'
 			openJpaVersion = '2.3.0'
 			oracleDriverVersion = '11.2.0.3'
-			reactorVersion = '2.0.5.RELEASE'
+			reactorVersion = '2.0.6.RELEASE'
 			postgresVersion = '9.1-901-1.jdbc4'
 			subethasmtpVersion = '1.2'
 			slf4jVersion = '1.7.11'
-			springIntegrationVersion = '4.2.0.RELEASE'
+			springIntegrationVersion = '4.2.1.RELEASE'
 			springIntegrationDslVersion = '1.1.0.RELEASE'
-			springIntegrationKafkaVersion = '1.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
-			springVersion = '4.2.0.RELEASE'
+			springIntegrationKafkaVersion = '1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
+			springVersion = '4.2.2.RELEASE'
 			springSecurityVersion = '4.0.2.RELEASE'
 			springWebFlowVersion = '2.3.3.RELEASE'
 			tilesJspVersion = '2.2.1'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 817cbbd8..ca96eadc 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 version=4.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-springBootVersion=1.3.0.M5
+springBootVersion=1.3.0.RC1
diff --git a/intermediate/monitoring/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/storedprocedure/service/impl/DummyTwitter.java b/intermediate/monitoring/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/storedprocedure/service/impl/DummyTwitter.java
index 19c56d67..34ac5eb4 100644
--- a/intermediate/monitoring/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/storedprocedure/service/impl/DummyTwitter.java
+++ b/intermediate/monitoring/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/storedprocedure/service/impl/DummyTwitter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class DummyTwitter {
 	private long id;
 
 	public Tweet getTweet() {
-		Tweet tweet = new Tweet(++this.id,
+		Tweet tweet = new Tweet(++this.id, "" + this.id,
 				"Spring Integration is the coolest Enterprise Integration project",
 				new Date(),
 				"SomeUser",