diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e32978f6bf..883984b6ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>Brooklyn.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 		<spring-cloud-netflix.version>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-netflix.version>
 		<spring-cloud-consul.version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-consul.version>
+		<spring-cloud-commons.version>1.1.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-commons.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@
 				<artifactId>activemq-pool</artifactId>
 				<version>${activemq.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>net.sf.jopt-simple</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jopt-simple</artifactId>
+				<version>4.9</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>cglib</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
@@ -141,6 +147,13 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-cloud-commons-dependencies</artifactId>
+				<version>${spring-cloud-commons.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
index 9bdfe67a3c..5552ffb5c1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@
 				<groupId>com.jayway.restassured</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-mock-mvc</artifactId>
 				<version>2.9.0</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+						<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+						<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+						<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
index ca0aaf79b1..35a89beb3b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sf.jopt-simple</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jopt-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>4.9</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>