diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
index e082629..a078d16 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-client-helper/pom.xml
@@ -100,12 +100,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20090211</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 6cbe20a..2e9f859 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
     <algebricks.version>0.2.18-SNAPSHOT</algebricks.version>
     <hyracks.version>0.2.18-SNAPSHOT</hyracks.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.2.0</hadoop.version>
-    <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-    <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
+    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <commons.io.version>2.5</commons.io.version>
     <servlet.api.version>3.1.0</servlet.api.version>
     <json.version>20090211</json.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.7.6.201602180812</jacoco.version>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
index ac7323c..223aa9e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <type>jar</type>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 1a0ed20..d70e917 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
     </global.test.excludes>
     <!-- Versions under dependencymanagement or used in many projects via properties -->
     <hadoop.version>2.2.0</hadoop.version>
-    <junit.version>4.8.1</junit.version>
-    <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
+    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <commons.io.version>2.5</commons.io.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.7.6.201602180812</jacoco.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>