diff --git a/Chapter 9/item_writers/pom.xml b/Chapter 9/item_writers/pom.xml
index 51e6383..cfcf86c 100644
--- a/Chapter 9/item_writers/pom.xml	
+++ b/Chapter 9/item_writers/pom.xml	
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.8</version>
+			<version>1.7.34</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -159,19 +159,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.3.0.SP1</version>
+			<version>5.1.17.Final</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
-			<version>3.3.2.GA</version>
+			<version>3.4.0.GA</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
-			<version>3.4.0.GA</version>
+			<version>3.5.0-Final</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>