diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 70a9e43..b29437b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index c74dfcb..a4e8da6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/asterix-evaluator-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index f98663b..e29ae92 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -701,16 +701,18 @@
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-hyracks</artifactId>
+        <version>${hyracks.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
         <version>1.7.5</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>junit</groupId>
-        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.12</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
         <version>3.3.9</version>
@@ -791,14 +793,19 @@
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+        <version>1.15</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.4</version>
+        <version>1.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.1</version>
+        <version>1.2</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hive.shims</groupId>
@@ -1001,66 +1008,6 @@
         <type>test-jar</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>args4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-        <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1.6.Final</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-        <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>4.5.2</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-        <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-        <version>4.4.5</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        <version>18.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
         <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
         <artifactId>rome-fetcher</artifactId>
         <version>1.7.4</version>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index ba489fa..670a056 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -133,6 +138,11 @@
         <version>2.8.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+        <version>2.8.4</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         <version>18.0</version>
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.7</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -192,9 +202,6 @@
         <configuration>
           <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
           <outputXML>true</outputXML>
-          <usedDependencies>
-            <usedDependency>org.slf4j:slf4j-simple</usedDependency>
-          </usedDependencies>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
@@ -648,13 +655,4 @@
     <module>hyracks-fullstack-license</module>
   </modules>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.22</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
 </project>