diff --git a/spring-userservice/pom.xml b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
index dc0d4d295c..c0099173ee 100644
--- a/spring-userservice/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
             <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.01</version>
+            <version>${xml-apis.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.5</version>
+            <version>${javax.el-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- utils -->
@@ -158,52 +158,52 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
             <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-            <version>10.12.1.1</version>
+            <version>${derby.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
             <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
-            <version>10.12.1.1</version>
+            <version>${derby.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
             <artifactId>derbynet</artifactId>
-            <version>10.12.1.1</version>
+            <version>${derby.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
             <artifactId>derbytools</artifactId>
-            <version>10.12.1.1</version>
+            <version>${derby.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>taglibs</groupId>
             <artifactId>standard</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
+            <version>${taglibs-standard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>${org.springframework.security.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>${jstl-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         	<artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
-        	<version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
+        	<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         	<artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
-        	<version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
+        	<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
         	<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-        	<version>3.1.0</version>
+        	<version>${javax.servlet.version}</version>
         </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -288,44 +288,39 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
-        <org.springframework.security.version>4.1.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
-        <org.springframework.version>4.3.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <javassist.version>3.20.0-GA</javassist.version>
+        <org.springframework.security.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+        <org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>1.4.2.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.38</mysql-connector-java.version>
-        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.10.2.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
-        <h2.version>1.4.192</h2.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
-
+        <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.10.5.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
+        <h2.version>1.4.193</h2.version>
+        <derby.version>10.13.1.1</derby.version>
+        
         <!-- various -->
-        <hibernate-validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-
+        <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <javax.el-api.version>2.2.5</javax.el-api.version>
+        <taglibs-standard.version>1.1.2</taglibs-standard.version>
+        <jstl-api.version>1.2</jstl-api.version>
+        <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
+        
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
-
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
+        <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
+        
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
-        <httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version>
-
-        <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
-
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
-        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.4.18</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
-        <!-- <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version> -->
 
     </properties>