diff --git a/libbuild/pom.xml b/libbuild/pom.xml
index 596a541e6..16820784c 100644
--- a/libbuild/pom.xml
+++ b/libbuild/pom.xml
@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@
             <version>1.3.0.201202151440-r</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.2</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 482dbef52..d85ac7a41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- the Solr version used in dependency section for all related dependencies -->
-        <solr.version>4.5.1</solr.version> 
+        <solr.version>4.6.0</solr.version> 
         
         <!-- properties used for filtering yacyBuildProperties.java -->       
         <REPL_DATE>${DSTAMP}</REPL_DATE>
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>fontbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.2</version>
+            <version>1.8.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>jempbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.2</version>
+            <version>1.8.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hp.hpl.jena</groupId>
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.42</version>
+            <version>0.1.50</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.2</version>
+            <version>1.7.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
@@ -483,11 +483,6 @@
             <artifactId>metadata-extractor</artifactId>
             <version>2.6.2</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.12</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>oro</groupId>
             <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
@@ -496,7 +491,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.2</version>
+            <version>1.8.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
@@ -512,7 +507,7 @@
             <groupId>sax</groupId>
             <artifactId>sax</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.1</version>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency>        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.orbit</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet</artifactId>
@@ -544,56 +539,21 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-client</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>        
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
+            <version>8.1.14.v20131031</version>
+        </dependency>      
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
+            <version>8.1.14.v20131031</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-servlets</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-io</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-continuation</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-security</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-http</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.13.v20130916</version>
-        </dependency>        
+            <version>8.1.14.v20131031</version>
+        </dependency>    
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>
             <artifactId>wstx-asl</artifactId>