diff --git a/spm-monitor-storm/pom.xml b/spm-monitor-storm/pom.xml
index 4c544c97..181ce24d 100644
--- a/spm-monitor-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/spm-monitor-storm/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
       <artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.2</version>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
       <!-- keep storm out of the jar-with-dependencies -->
 
       <exclusions>
diff --git a/spm-tracing-testing/common/pom.xml b/spm-tracing-testing/common/pom.xml
index 09d6b38a..02ca90da 100644
--- a/spm-tracing-testing/common/pom.xml
+++ b/spm-tracing-testing/common/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.2</version>
+      <version>2.7.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>