diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba24ab43b1a10c75ecd697d27fc4b178af59ab69..60f3a7576ca223d3192d685fc9edc0802748064d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ This README file only contains basic setup instructions.
 
 ## Building
 
-Spark requires Scala 2.9.2 (Scala 2.10 is not yet supported). The project is
-built using Simple Build Tool (SBT), which is packaged with it. To build
-Spark and its example programs, run:
+Spark requires Scala 2.10. The project is built using Simple Build Tool (SBT),
+which is packaged with it. To build Spark and its example programs, run:
 
     sbt/sbt package
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 270777e29c02774476e439d7d80c3b2fcda981e6..f521e850276565e0911c9d97a2919a1ade1d224e 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>algebird-core_2.9.2</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>algebird-core_2.10</artifactId>
       <version>0.1.11</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 7b61e2ba3eaa3430658b2a7faa50d077a208786e..49c88700197ac30ac1f2075f02085fc61c55d6bf 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
 
   def examplesSettings = sharedSettings ++ Seq(
     name := "spark-examples",
-    libraryDependencies ++= Seq("com.twitter" % "algebird-core_2.9.2" % "0.1.11")
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq("com.twitter" %% "algebird-core" % "0.1.11")
   )
 
   def bagelSettings = sharedSettings ++ Seq(name := "spark-bagel")
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends Build {
   def streamingSettings = sharedSettings ++ Seq(
     name := "spark-streaming",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "org.apache.flume"      % "flume-ng-sdk" % "1.2.0" % "compile",
+      "org.apache.flume"      % "flume-ng-sdk"           % "1.2.0" % "compile",
       "com.github.sgroschupf" % "zkclient"               % "0.1",
       "org.twitter4j"         % "twitter4j-stream"       % "3.0.3",
       "com.typesafe.akka"     %  "akka-zeromq"           % "2.1-M1"  excludeAll(ExclusionRule(name = "akka-actor"), ExclusionRule(organization = "org.scala-lang"))
diff --git a/streaming/pom.xml b/streaming/pom.xml
index b0d0cd0ff35ee2e0c5bd63b03f0083b31ceff089..26f0ae951c659acd113135cd4224866ddb2977b3 100644
--- a/streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/streaming/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
       <artifactId>akka-zeromq</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.3</version>
+      <version>2.1-M1</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
+          <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
+          <artifactId>akka-actor</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>