diff --git a/src/ivy/libraries.properties b/src/ivy/libraries.properties
index aaabdce..2777a7d 100644
--- a/src/ivy/libraries.properties
+++ b/src/ivy/libraries.properties
@@ -14,76 +14,99 @@
 #It drives ivy and the generation of a maven POM
 
 # This is the version of hadoop we are generating
-hadoop.version=2.6.0
-hadoop-gpl-compression.version=0.1.0
+hadoop.version=2.8.0
+#hadoop-gpl-compression.version=0.1.0
 
 #These are the versions of our dependencies (in alphabetical order)
-apacheant.version=1.7.0
-ant-task.version=2.0.10
+#apacheant.version=1.9.6
+#ant-task.version=2.0.10
+hadoop-ant.version=2.8.0
 
 asm.version=3.2
-aspectj.version=1.6.5
-aspectj.version=1.6.11
+avro.version=1.7.4
+#aspectj.version=1.6.5
+#aspectj.version=1.6.11
 
-checkstyle.version=4.2
+#checkstyle.version=4.2
 
 commons-cli.version=1.2
 commons-codec.version=1.4
-commons-collections.version=3.1
+commons-collections.version=3.2.2
 commons-configuration.version=1.6
 commons-daemon.version=1.0.13
-commons-httpclient.version=3.0.1
+commons-httpclient.version=3.1
 commons-lang.version=2.6
-commons-logging.version=1.0.4
+#commons-logging.version=1.1.3
 commons-logging-api.version=1.0.4
-commons-math.version=2.1
-commons-el.version=1.0
-commons-fileupload.version=1.2
-commons-io.version=2.1
+commons-math.version=2.2
+#commons-el.version=1.0
+#commons-fileupload.version=1.2
+commons-io.version=2.4
 commons-net.version=3.1
-core.version=3.1.1
-coreplugin.version=1.3.2
-
-hsqldb.version=1.8.0.10
+#core.version=3.1.1
+#coreplugin.version=1.3.2
+commons-beanutils-core.version=1.8.0
+commons-beanutils.version=1.7.0
+commons-compress.version=1.4.1
+commons-digester.version=1.8
+commons-math3.version=3.1.1
+
+hsqldb.version=2.0.0
+#htrace.version=4.0.1
+htrace-core4.version=4.0.1
 
 ivy.version=2.1.0
 
 jasper.version=5.5.12
-jackson.version=1.8.8
+jackson.version=1.9.13
 #not able to figureout the version of jsp & jsp-api version to get it resolved throught ivy
 # but still declared here as we are going to have a local copy from the lib folder
 jsp.version=2.1
-jsp-api.version=5.5.12
-jsp-api-2.1.version=6.1.14
-jsp-2.1.version=6.1.14
-jets3t.version=0.6.1
+jsp-api.version=2.1
+#jsp-api-2.1.version=6.1.14
+#jsp-2.1.version=6.1.14
+jets3t.version=0.9.0
 jetty.version=6.1.26
 jetty-util.version=6.1.26
-jersey-core.version=1.8
-jersey-json.version=1.8
-jersey-server.version=1.8
-junit.version=4.5
-jdeb.version=0.8
-jdiff.version=1.0.9
-json.version=1.0
+jersey-core.version=1.9
+jersey-json.version=1.9
+jersey-server.version=1.9
+junit.version=4.11
+#jdeb.version=0.8
+#jdiff.version=1.0.9
+#json.version=1.0
+json-smart.version=1.1.1
 
-kfs.version=0.1
+#kfs.version=0.1
 
-log4j.version=1.2.15
-lucene-core.version=2.3.1
+log4j.version=1.2.17
+#lucene-core.version=2.3.1
 
 mockito-all.version=1.8.5
-jsch.version=0.1.42
+jsch.version=0.1.51
 
-oro.version=2.0.8
+#oro.version=2.0.8
 
-rats-lib.version=0.5.1
+#rats-lib.version=0.5.1
 
-servlet.version=4.0.6
+#servlet.version=4.0.6
+guice-servlet.version=3.0
 servlet-api.version=2.5
-slf4j-api.version=1.4.3
-slf4j-log4j12.version=1.4.3
+slf4j-api.version=1.7.10
+slf4j-log4j12.version=1.7.10
 
-wagon-http.version=1.0-beta-2
+#wagon-http.version=1.0-beta-2
 xmlenc.version=0.52
-xerces.version=1.4.4
+#xerces.version=2.9.1
+xercesImpl.version=2.9.1
+
+protobuf.version=2.5.0
+guava.version=11.0.2
+netty.version=3.6.2.Final
+
+paranamer.version=2.3
+xz.version=1.0
+zookeeper.version=3.4.6
+jsr305.version=3.0.0
+snappy-java.version=1.0.4.1
+hamcrest-core.version=1.3