diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42d2c64e2bf0869e9f50fce0e157c458a9418fb4..8716fb95079bc16a6eef98b15aef4dd0846f8d62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 	<artifactId>arsnova-war</artifactId>
 	<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<spring.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
+	</properties>
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
 			<id>thmrepo</id>
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
 			<name>THM Maven Mirror</name>
 			<url>http://maven.mni.thm.de/content/groups/public</url>
 		</repository>
-	</repositories>
+	</repositories>	
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
@@ -33,22 +36,22 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-security-cas-client</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-security-openid</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jstl</groupId>
@@ -92,21 +95,32 @@
 			<version>1.6.6</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-        	<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-        	<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        	<version>1.2.16</version>
-    	</dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.16</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>couchdb4j</groupId>
-		  	<artifactId>couchdb4j</artifactId>
-		  	<version>0.3.0-i386-1</version>
+			<artifactId>couchdb4j</artifactId>
+			<version>0.3.0-i386-1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.5</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.10</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -119,6 +133,12 @@
 					<target>1.6</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>7.6.5.v20120716</version>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+
 </project>