diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a01c3e6e3a..9af74857b0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ allprojects {
             // it's working for gradle build, but also had to exclude old transitives for geio.appiumnerated POM
             force  'com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.5',
                    'commons-collections:commons-collections:3.2.1',
-                   'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2'
+                   'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2',
+                    'xml-apis:xml-apis:1.4.01'
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/serenity-junit/build.gradle b/serenity-junit/build.gradle
index f86303a15c..fc99b44cb0 100644
--- a/serenity-junit/build.gradle
+++ b/serenity-junit/build.gradle
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile project(':serenity-spring')
     testCompile project(':serenity-test-utils')
     testCompile "commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.3"
-    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:3.2.3.RELEASE"
-    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-aop:3.2.3.RELEASE"
-    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-orm:3.2.3.RELEASE"
+    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:3.2.12.RELEASE"
+    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-aop:3.2.12.RELEASE"
+    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-orm:3.2.12.RELEASE"
     testCompile "org.javassist:javassist:3.19.0-GA"
     testCompile "hsqldb:hsqldb:1.8.0.10"