diff --git a/spring-rest/.project b/spring-rest/.project
index 894841d690..525c5e7795 100644
--- a/spring-rest/.project
+++ b/spring-rest/.project
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 			<arguments>
 			</arguments>
 		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
 		<buildCommand>
 			<name>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</name>
 			<arguments>
@@ -38,6 +33,5 @@
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
 	</natures>
 </projectDescription>
diff --git a/spring-rest/.settings/.jsdtscope b/spring-rest/.settings/.jsdtscope
index b46b9207a8..7b3f0c8b9f 100644
--- a/spring-rest/.settings/.jsdtscope
+++ b/spring-rest/.settings/.jsdtscope
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/webapp"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.WebProject">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="hide" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path=""/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index b9386231e6..8a1c189419 100644
--- a/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
-  <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
-  <installed facet="cloudfoundry.standalone.app" version="1.0"/>
   <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.web" version="3.0"/>
-  <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
+  <installed facet="jst.web" version="3.1"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 767f90a6a6..7941279936 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.4.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -101,24 +100,20 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
             <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
             <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
@@ -126,34 +121,29 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
@@ -226,11 +216,10 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.38</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.39</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- marshalling -->