diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b29554905486cb3fa3199ef02e1f86cd42ff314..5658a2ceddd55d78b49d1d7594aaab1f519b4dec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<org.springframework-version>4.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
+		<org.springframework-version>4.0.6.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
 		<org.springframework.security-version>3.2.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.security-version>
 		<org.springframework.integration-mail-version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.integration-mail-version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -205,17 +205,17 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.6</version>
+			<version>1.7.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.6</version>
+			<version>1.7.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.16</version>
+			<version>1.2.17</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>couchdb4j</groupId>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.corundumstudio.socketio</groupId>
 			<artifactId>netty-socketio</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.1</version>
+			<version>1.7.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2.2</version>
+			<version>2.4.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
 			<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
-			<version>2.25.0</version>
+			<version>2.42.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-			<version>4.3.3</version>
+			<version>4.3.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.thm.arsnova.connector</groupId>
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5.1</version>
+				<version>3.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.7</source>
 					<target>1.7</target>
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>9.2.1.v20140609</version>
+				<version>9.2.2.v20140723</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<scanIntervalSeconds>1</scanIntervalSeconds>
 					<webApp>
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.3</version>
+				<version>3.4</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<locales>en</locales>
 				</configuration>
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.12.2</version>
+				<version>2.17</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<excludes>
 						<exclude>**/Selenium*.java</exclude>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3</version>
+				<version>2.4</version>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>