diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89c3a5e..4e3ccbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.woden</groupId>
                         <artifactId>woden-api</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.xalan</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -822,9 +826,9 @@
         <jms-1.1-spec.version>1.1</jms-1.1-spec.version>
 
         <!-- Axis2 and its dependencies -->
-        <axis2.version>1.5.2</axis2.version>
+        <axis2.version>1.5.4</axis2.version>
         <axis2.transport.version>1.0.0</axis2.transport.version>
-        <axiom.version>1.2.9</axiom.version>
+        <axiom.version>1.2.10</axiom.version>
         <xml_schema.version>1.4.3</xml_schema.version>
         <xml_apis.version>1.3.04</xml_apis.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.2</wsdl4j.version>
@@ -832,11 +836,11 @@
         <commons.logging.version>1.1.1</commons.logging.version>
 
         <!-- addressing, rampart, neethi -->
-        <addressing.version>1.5.2</addressing.version>
-        <rampart.version>1.5</rampart.version>
-        <sandesha2.version>1.3-1041287</sandesha2.version>
+        <addressing.version>1.5.4</addressing.version>
+        <rampart.version>1.5.1</rampart.version>
+        <sandesha2.version>1.4</sandesha2.version>
         <neethi.version>2.0.4</neethi.version>
-        <wss4j.version>1.5.8</wss4j.version>
+        <wss4j.version>1.5.10</wss4j.version>
         <jruby.version>1.3.0</jruby.version>
         <xmlsec.version>1.4.2</xmlsec.version>
         <bcprov.jdk15.version>140</bcprov.jdk15.version>