diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache
index 73d62103e2..9f4c858a8a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache
@@ -157,11 +157,10 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <properties>
-    <swagger-annotations-version>1.5.0-M1</swagger-annotations-version>
-    <jersey-version>1.7</jersey-version>
-    <jackson-version>2.1.4</jackson-version>
+    <swagger-annotations-version>1.5.3-M1</swagger-annotations-version>
+    <jersey-version>1.18</jersey-version>
+    <jackson-version>2.4.2</jackson-version>
     <jodatime-version>2.3</jodatime-version>
-    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
     <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
     <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e781ee7ed..8848c072c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
     <swagger-parser-version>1.0.3</swagger-parser-version>
     <scala-version>2.11.1</scala-version>
     <felix-version>2.3.4</felix-version>
-    <swagger-core-version>1.5.3-M1-SNAPSHOT</swagger-core-version>
+    <swagger-core-version>1.5.3-M1</swagger-core-version>
     <scala-test-version>2.1.4</scala-test-version>
     <commons-io-version>2.3</commons-io-version>
     <commons-cli-version>1.2</commons-cli-version>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/pom.xml
index 10b1a29476..efdc5f59dd 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/pom.xml
@@ -157,11 +157,10 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <properties>
-    <swagger-annotations-version>1.5.0-M1</swagger-annotations-version>
-    <jersey-version>1.7</jersey-version>
-    <jackson-version>2.1.4</jackson-version>
+    <swagger-annotations-version>1.5.3-M1</swagger-annotations-version>
+    <jersey-version>1.18</jersey-version>
+    <jackson-version>2.4.2</jackson-version>
     <jodatime-version>2.3</jodatime-version>
-    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
     <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
     <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
   </properties>