diff --git a/wagon-providers/wagon-ftp/pom.xml b/wagon-providers/wagon-ftp/pom.xml
index 7f06640..500c34b 100644
--- a/wagon-providers/wagon-ftp/pom.xml
+++ b/wagon-providers/wagon-ftp/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0</version>
+      <version>3.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java b/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java
index 8099e92..b982522 100644
--- a/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java
+++ b/wagon-providers/wagon-http-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/shared/http/AbstractHttpClientWagon.java
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@
             username = authenticationInfo.getUserName();
 
             password = authenticationInfo.getPassword();
+
+            client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive( true );
         }
 
         String host = getRepository().getHost();
diff --git a/wagon-providers/wagon-webdav-jackrabbit/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/webdav/WebDavWagonTest.java b/wagon-providers/wagon-webdav-jackrabbit/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/webdav/WebDavWagonTest.java
index 60e0ff6..835c1c0 100644
--- a/wagon-providers/wagon-webdav-jackrabbit/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/webdav/WebDavWagonTest.java
+++ b/wagon-providers/wagon-webdav-jackrabbit/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/wagon/providers/webdav/WebDavWagonTest.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     @Override
     protected boolean supportPreemptiveAuthentication()
     {
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     protected void testPreemptiveAuthentication( TestSecurityHandler sh )