diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5b9a21eb..9371083c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'me.champeau.gradle:gradle-javadoc-hotfix-plugin:0.1'
-        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:0.8'
+        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:1.2.1'
         classpath 'me.champeau.gradle:japicmp-gradle-plugin:0.1.0'
     }
 }
 
 ext {
     libs = [
-            slf4jApi: 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7',
+            slf4jApi: 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.10',
             jsonSmart: 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.1.1',
-            jacksonDatabind: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.3.4',
-            gson: 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3',
+            jacksonDatabind: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.4.5',
+            gson: 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1',
             hamcrestCore: 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3',
             hamcrestLibrary: 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3',
 
-            test: ['org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.7', 'org.assertj:assertj-core:1.6.1', 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4', 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3', 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3', 'junit:junit:4.10']
+            test: ['org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.10', 'org.assertj:assertj-core:1.7.1', 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4', 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3', 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3', 'junit:junit:4.12']
     ]
     snapshotVersion = true
 }
diff --git a/json-path-web-test/build.gradle b/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
index 352d1d14..02e493db 100644
--- a/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'shadow'
+apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
 apply plugin: 'application'
 
 displayName = "JsonPath Test Bench"
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ dependencies {
     compile project(':json-path')
     compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4'
     compile libs.jacksonDatabind
-    compile 'io.fastjson:boon:0.25'
+    compile 'io.fastjson:boon:0.32'
     compile 'com.nebhale.jsonpath:jsonpath:1.2'
-    compile 'io.gatling:jsonpath_2.10:0.4.0'
-    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.2.2.v20140723'
-    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:9.2.2.v20140723'
-    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet:2.9.1'
-    compile('org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson:2.9.1'){
+    compile 'io.gatling:jsonpath_2.10:0.6.2'
+    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.3.0.M1'
+    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:9.3.0.M1'
+    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet:2.16'
+    compile('org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson:2.16'){
         exclude module: 'jackson-annotations:com.fasterxml.jackson.core'
         exclude module: 'jackson-core:com.fasterxml.jackson.core'
     }