diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/support/DefaultDirObjectFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/support/DefaultDirObjectFactory.java
index 12790b11..935aa549 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/support/DefaultDirObjectFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/core/support/DefaultDirObjectFactory.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import java.util.Hashtable;
 /**
  * Default implementation of the DirObjectFactory interface. Creates a
  * {@link DirContextAdapter} from the supplied arguments.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
  */
 public class DefaultDirObjectFactory implements DirObjectFactory {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class DefaultDirObjectFactory implements DirObjectFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Key to use in the ContextSource implementation to store the value of the
 	 * base path suffix, if any, in the Ldap Environment.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @deprecated Use {@link BaseLdapNameAware} and
 	 * {@link BaseLdapPathBeanPostProcessor} instead.
 	 */
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class DefaultDirObjectFactory implements DirObjectFactory {
 	 * Names. Also, the name might contain referral information, in which case
 	 * we need to separate the server information from the actual Distinguished
 	 * Name so that we can create a representing DirContextAdapter.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param attrs the attributes
 	 * @param name the Name, typically a <code>CompositeName</code>, possibly
 	 * including referral information.
@@ -149,17 +149,10 @@ public class DefaultDirObjectFactory implements DirObjectFactory {
 				nameString = pathString;
 			}
 			catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-				if (JdkVersion.isAtLeastJava15()) {
-					throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-							"Supplied name starts with protocol prefix indicating a referral,"
-									+ " but is not possible to parse to an URI",
-							e);
-				} else {
-					throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-							"Supplied name starts with protocol prefix indicating a referral,"
-									+ " but is not possible to parse to an URI: " +
-							e.getMessage());
-				}
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+						"Supplied name starts with protocol prefix indicating a referral,"
+								+ " but is not possible to parse to an URI",
+						e);
 			}
 			if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				LOG.debug("Resulting name after removal of referral information: '" + nameString + "'");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/repository/support/QueryDslLdapRepository.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/repository/support/QueryDslLdapRepository.java
index a9dadb43..f19e6fb5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/repository/support/QueryDslLdapRepository.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/repository/support/QueryDslLdapRepository.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.ldap.repository.support;
 
 import com.mysema.query.types.OrderSpecifier;
 import com.mysema.query.types.Predicate;
+
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.data.querydsl.QueryDslPredicateExecutor;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations;
 import org.springframework.ldap.odm.core.ObjectDirectoryMapper;
@@ -55,11 +57,23 @@ public class QueryDslLdapRepository<T> extends SimpleLdapRepository<T> implement
         return findAll(predicate).size();
     }
 
+    public boolean exists(Predicate predicate) {
+    	return count(predicate) > 0;
+    }
+
+    public Iterable<T> findAll(Predicate predicate, Sort sort) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
     private QueryDslLdapQuery<T> queryFor(Predicate predicate) {
         return new QueryDslLdapQuery<T>(getLdapOperations(), getClazz())
                 .where(predicate);
     }
 
+    public Iterable<T> findAll(OrderSpecifier<?>... orders) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Iterable<T> findAll(Predicate predicate, OrderSpecifier<?>... orders) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
diff --git a/gradle/java.gradle b/gradle/java.gradle
index 3514ea7f..9aaa621c 100644
--- a/gradle/java.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java.gradle
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
 targetCompatibility = '1.6'
 
 ext.apacheDsVersion = '1.5.5'
-ext.springVersion = '3.2.8.RELEASE'
-ext.springDataVersion = '1.6.5.RELEASE'
+ext.springVersion = '3.2.13.RELEASE'
+ext.springDataVersion = '1.10.0.RELEASE'
 ext.springBatchVersion = '2.0.4.RELEASE'
 ext.junitVersion =  '4.11'
 ext.commonsIoVersion = '2.4'
-ext.commonsPoolVersion = '1.5.4'
-ext.commonsLangVersion = '2.4'
-ext.commonsLoggingVersion = '1.1.3'
+ext.commonsPoolVersion = '1.6'
+ext.commonsLangVersion = '2.6'
+ext.commonsLoggingVersion = '1.2'
 ext.gsbaseVersion = '2.0.1'
 ext.log4jVersion = '1.2.17'
-ext.mockitoVersion = '1.9.5'
-ext.queryDslVersion = '3.2.4'
-ext.slf4jVersion = '1.7.7'
-ext.powerMockVersion = '1.5.4'
+ext.mockitoVersion = '1.10.19'
+ext.queryDslVersion = '3.6.3'
+ext.slf4jVersion = '1.7.12'
+ext.powerMockVersion = '1.6.2'
 
 ext.powerMockDependencies = [
     "org.powermock:powermock-core:$powerMockVersion",