diff --git a/ehcache-core/pom.xml b/ehcache-core/pom.xml
index 4e2ca6f7e6..7bb6b957c3 100644
--- a/ehcache-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ehcache-core/pom.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c85e639fd..51b2dfd41d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <!-- only used for plugins.  Keep in sync with terracotta-third-party-bom-4.x -->
     <!-- hardcoded because https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5588 -->
-    <h2.version>1.3.154</h2.version>
+    <h2.version>2.1.210</h2.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/system-tests/pom.xml b/system-tests/pom.xml
index 44b1c178e5..8ade4232b5 100644
--- a/system-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/system-tests/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.2.GA</version>
+      <version>3.6.10.Final</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>