diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3971fbf..f9e80ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.fulcrum</groupId>
           <artifactId>fulcrum-testcontainer</artifactId>
-          <!-- junit 5 seems to have problems to find unit tests in test scoped jar org.apache.fulcrum:fulcrum-security-api:test-jar, downgraded from 1.0.8-SNAPSHOT, classpath loading issue?  -->
-          <version>1.0.8</version>
+          <!-- junit 5 seems to have problems to find unit tests in test scoped jar org.apache.fulcrum:fulcrum-security-api:test-jar, upgrade from 1.0.8, classpath loading issue?  -->
+          <version>1.0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/torque/pom.xml b/torque/pom.xml
index 375709e..fd99cd9 100644
--- a/torque/pom.xml
+++ b/torque/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
 		<!-- Easy update of torque libs -->
-		<torque.version>4.1-SNAPSHOT</torque.version>
+		<torque.version>5.0</torque.version>
 		<torque.om>org.apache.fulcrum.security.torque.om</torque.om>
 		<torque.om.path>org/apache/fulcrum/security/torque/om</torque.om.path>
 	</properties>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	      <plugin>
 	        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 	        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-	        <version>3.0.1</version>
+	        <version>3.2.0</version>
 	        <configuration>
 	          <show>public</show>
 	        </configuration>
@@ -115,9 +115,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<!-- broken -->
-			<!-- <version>2.4.1</version> -->
-			<version>1.8.0.10</version>
+			<version>2.5.1</version>
+			<!--version>1.8.0.10</version-->
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7.0</version>
+			<version>2.8.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- testing dependencies -->