diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 983947a3d7e9a90dd0ced276e91b8d47e8396b18..beff56f690217ba907868783f3344a5759864494 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		<repository>
 			<id>maven-restlet</id>
 			<name>Public online Restlet repository</name>
-			<url>http://maven.restlet.org</url>
+			<url>http://maven.restlet.com</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>sonatype-oss-snapshot</id>
@@ -112,35 +112,30 @@
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
 			<version>1.6.4</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
-			<artifactId>org.restlet</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3-M3</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.restlet.ext.jackson</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3-M3</version>
+			<version>${lib-restlet-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.restlet.ext.simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3-M3</version>
+			<version>${lib-restlet-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.restlet.ext.slf4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3-M3</version>
+			<version>${lib-restlet-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.6.Final</version>
-		</dependency>
+			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.restlet</artifactId>
+			<version>${lib-restlet-version}</version>
+		</dependency>		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>args4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.29</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.googlecode.concurrentlinkedhashmap</groupId>
@@ -155,7 +150,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
 			<artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.1</version>
+			<version>0.9.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -179,11 +174,6 @@
 			<artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
 			<version>1.2</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.2</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
 			<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
@@ -202,22 +192,31 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3</version>
+			<version>${lib-hamcrest-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-integration</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3</version>
+			<version>${lib-hamcrest-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3</version>
+			<version>${lib-hamcrest-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectfloodlight</groupId>
 			<artifactId>openflowj</artifactId>
 			<version>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+			<version>3.9.0.Final</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
+	<properties>
+		<lib-restlet-version>2.3.2</lib-restlet-version>
+		<lib-hamcrest-version>1.3</lib-hamcrest-version>
+	</properties>
 </project>
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