diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index da26d674ec..9a019b5a42 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>cc.spray</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spray-json_${scala.version}</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>spray-json_2.9.2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.tomdz.twirl</groupId>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.scala-incubator.io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scala-io-file_${scala.version}</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>scala-io-file_2.9.2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.mesos</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3323ffad0..3936165d78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <java.version>1.5</java.version>
-    <scala.version>2.9.2</scala.version>
+    <scala.version>2.9.3</scala.version>
     <mesos.version>0.9.0-incubating</mesos.version>
     <akka.version>2.0.3</akka.version>
     <spray.version>1.0-M2.1</spray.version>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>cc.spray</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spray-json_${scala.version}</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>spray-json_2.9.2</artifactId>
         <version>${spray.json.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.github.scala-incubator.io</groupId>
-        <artifactId>scala-io-file_${scala.version}</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>scala-io-file_2.9.2</artifactId>
         <version>0.4.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
         <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.version}</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
+        <version>1.9.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.scalacheck</groupId>
         <artifactId>scalacheck_${scala.version}</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9</version>
+        <version>1.10.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>hadoop1</id>
-
       <properties>
         <hadoop.major.version>1</hadoop.major.version>
       </properties>