diff --git a/modules/alfresco-rad/pom.xml b/modules/alfresco-rad/pom.xml
index 6ba90bfe..1f2d1dbc 100644
--- a/modules/alfresco-rad/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/alfresco-rad/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.6.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>3.2.14.RELEASE</version>
             <type>jar</type>
        </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4d67ac54..41c845a3 100644
--- a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
+        <version>3.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>generated-helpmojo</id>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2</version>
+      <version>3.4</version>
       <!-- Annotations are not needed for plugin execution so you
            can remove this dependency for execution by using provided scope. -->
       <scope>provided</scope>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
             <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.10.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -107,17 +107,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3</version>
+      <version>4.5.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3</version>
+      <version>3.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1</version>
+      <version>2.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.alfrescolabs.alfresco-technical-validation</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.alfrescolabs.alfresco-technical-validation</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.0</version>
+        <version>0.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3</version>
+        <version>3.4</version>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3c5a249..e5a512cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.archetype.version>2.2</maven.archetype.version>
+        <maven.archetype.version>2.4</maven.archetype.version>
         <alfresco.sdk.parent.version>${project.version}</alfresco.sdk.parent.version>
         <alfresco.sdk.tests.exclude>*/*-enterprise/*</alfresco.sdk.tests.exclude>
         <alfresco.community.default.version>5.1.d-EA</alfresco.community.default.version>
         <alfresco.enterprise.default.version>5.1-EA-3</alfresco.enterprise.default.version>
         <alfresco.rm.version>2.3</alfresco.rm.version>
-        <springloaded.version>1.2.3.RELEASE</springloaded.version>
+        <springloaded.version>1.2.5.RELEASE</springloaded.version>
         <scm.url.base>https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-sdk</scm.url.base>
     </properties>
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
             <extension>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                 <artifactId>wagon-webdav-jackrabbit</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>2.10</version>
             </extension>
         </extensions>
     </build>
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@
             <id>sdk-release</id>
             <properties>
                 <maven.site.url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/repositories/alfresco-docs/alfresco-sdk-aggregator/latest</maven.site.url>
-                <maven.release.version>2.5.2</maven.release.version>
+                <maven.release.version>2.5.3</maven.release.version>
                 <maven.release.goals>deploy site-deploy</maven.release.goals>
                 <maven.site.version>3.4</maven.site.version>
-                <maven.changes.version>2.10</maven.changes.version>
+                <maven.changes.version>2.11</maven.changes.version>
             </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.10.1</version>
+                        <version>2.10.3</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
diff --git a/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml b/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml
index 20ebb806..d9893f23 100644
--- a/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml
@@ -125,25 +125,25 @@
 
         <!-- Needed for community to avoid weird logging exceptions -->
         <app.slf4j.scope>runtime</app.slf4j.scope>
-        <app.slf4j.version>1.5.11</app.slf4j.version>
+        <app.slf4j.version>1.7.13</app.slf4j.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- Maven Plugins Versions used by the SDK -->
-        <maven.compiler.version>3.2</maven.compiler.version>
+        <maven.compiler.version>3.5</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.clean.version>2.6.1</maven.clean.version>
-        <maven.dependency.version>2.9</maven.dependency.version>
-        <maven.enforcer.plugin>1.4</maven.enforcer.plugin>
+        <maven.clean.version>3.0.0</maven.clean.version>
+        <maven.dependency.version>2.10</maven.dependency.version>
+        <maven.enforcer.plugin>1.4.1</maven.enforcer.plugin>
         <maven.resources.version>2.7</maven.resources.version>
-        <maven.surefire.version>2.18</maven.surefire.version>
+        <maven.surefire.version>2.19.1</maven.surefire.version>
         <maven.install.version>2.5.2</maven.install.version>
-        <maven.jar.version>2.5</maven.jar.version>
-        <maven.war.version>2.5</maven.war.version>
-        <maven.antrun.version>1.7</maven.antrun.version>
-        <maven.release.version>2.5.1</maven.release.version>
-        <maven.buildhelper.version>1.9.1</maven.buildhelper.version>
+        <maven.jar.version>2.6</maven.jar.version>
+        <maven.war.version>2.6</maven.war.version>
+        <maven.antrun.version>1.8</maven.antrun.version>
+        <maven.release.version>2.5.3</maven.release.version>
+        <maven.buildhelper.version>1.10</maven.buildhelper.version>
         <maven.replacer.version>1.5.3</maven.replacer.version>
         <maven.tomcat.version>2.2</maven.tomcat.version>
 
@@ -160,9 +160,8 @@
              it can be accessed from the Groovy scripts and other places -->
         <maven.tomcat.port>8080</maven.tomcat.port>
 
-        <!-- Sets the H2 Database version to use.
-             Note. Upgrading to 1.4.186 did not work, on second start (after initial db creation etc) it will not connect... -->
-        <h2.version>1.4.185</h2.version>
+        <!-- Sets the H2 Database version to use. -->
+        <h2.version>1.4.190</h2.version>
 
         <!-- Give the JVM some more memory so it can load the alfresco.war,share.war,and solr4.war -->
         <argLine>-Xms256m -Xmx1524m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Duser.language=en</argLine>