diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c3b23a..ba45267 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.turbine</groupId>
     <artifactId>turbine-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -82,20 +82,26 @@
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-	    <version>1.15</version>
+	    <version>1.16.0</version>
 	</dependency>
     
     <!-- testing dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.fulcrum</groupId>
       <artifactId>fulcrum-testcontainer</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.9</version>
+      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${turbine.log4j2.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.fulcrum</groupId>
       <artifactId>fulcrum-yaafi</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.8</version>
+      <version>2.0.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>