diff --git a/java/memory/pom.xml b/java/memory/pom.xml
index 9a8d2d7c9b5..1070747691c 100644
--- a/java/memory/pom.xml
+++ b/java/memory/pom.xml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
       <artifactId>hppc</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.1</version>
+      <version>0.7.2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 5702e960498..b0621c5a41e 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.41.Final</version>
+      <version>4.0.49.Final</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
       <!-- JMockit needs to be on class path before JUnit. -->
       <groupId>com.googlecode.jmockit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmockit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>1.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.5</version>
+      <version>2.7.22</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <!-- Mockito  contains old Hamcrest classes, causes issues with JUNIT -->
       <exclusions>
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index 9d067ef1e9b..8aadb44f3f6 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>3.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>1.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
diff --git a/java/vector/pom.xml b/java/vector/pom.xml
index e15ab9a2497..a81bbd0f12c 100644
--- a/java/vector/pom.xml
+++ b/java/vector/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9</version>
+      <version>2.9.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.carrotsearch</groupId>
       <artifactId>hppc</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7.1</version>
+      <version>0.7.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4</version>
+      <version>3.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseValueVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseValueVector.java
index 05d2aa933cb..598e578e55a 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseValueVector.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import com.google.flatbuffers.FlatBufferBuilder;
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public void reset() {
 
   @Override
   public Iterator<ValueVector> iterator() {
-    return Iterators.emptyIterator();
+    return Collections.emptyIterator();
   }
 
   public static boolean checkBufRefs(final ValueVector vv) {