diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 620a9ba..72fd25d 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Before deploying the application a Postgres database schema must created. Just f
 
 . Connect to postgres using `psql`
 [source,sh]
-# psql --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres
+$ psql --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres
 . Create the application user
 [source,sql]
 CREATE USER registry PASSWORD 'registry' createdb;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ When deploying a *production* build a _JNDI datasource_ is required. For tomcat
 To build the application the user interface (client) and server must be built individually. The client exists in a seperate repository.
 
 === Server
-For the server build, maven is used. The build is profile based with profiles: *local_ds*, *jndi_ds*, *bundle*, *deploy* and *jrebel*.
+For the server build, maven is used. The build is profile based with profiles: *local_ds*, *jndi_ds*, *bundle* and *deploy*.
 
 ==== local_ds vs jndi_jd
 The *local_ds* profile uses a Spring configured datasource, while the *jndi_ds* profile, expects a JNDI datasource to be in place when deploying. These two profiles should be considered as mutually exclusive.
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ This profile instructs the build to include an already built and installed in th
 ==== deploy
 Deploys the application during the _package_ phase to a configured Tomcat instance, using the tomcat _manager_ application, as configured in _pom.xml_.
 
-==== jrebel
-Enables the _jrebel_ plugin for fast redeployments
-
 ===  System properties
 The application accepts two system properties:
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7af0ca4..9c8ee70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring-security.version>4.2.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
-        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.11.3.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
-        <postgres.jdbc.version>9.4-1201-jdbc41</postgres.jdbc.version>
-        <jackson-databind.version>2.8.7</jackson-databind.version>
+        <spring.version>4.3.25.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring-security.version>4.2.13.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+        <spring-data-jpa.version>1.11.21.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
+        <postgres.jdbc.version>42.2.6</postgres.jdbc.version>
+        <jackson-databind.version>2.8.11.4</jackson-databind.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <tomcat.manager.url>http://telesto:8080/manager/text</tomcat.manager.url>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
         <dev.jdbc.user>registry</dev.jdbc.user>
         <dev.jdbc.password>registry</dev.jdbc.password>
-        <dev.jdbc.url>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/registry_dev</dev.jdbc.url>
+        <dev.jdbc.url>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/registry</dev.jdbc.url>
 
         <build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</build.timestamp>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
@@ -119,28 +119,6 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
 
-        <profile>
-            <id>jrebel</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.zeroturnaround</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jrebel-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.1.7</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>generate-rebel-xml</id>
-                                <phase>process-resources</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>generate</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-
     </profiles>
 
     <build>
@@ -205,7 +183,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.1</version>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
@@ -217,7 +195,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>
@@ -313,17 +291,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.2.7.Final</version>
+            <version>5.2.18.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
+            <version>2.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5</version>
+            <version>3.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -333,12 +311,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.2</version>
+            <version>1.1.11</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.25</version>
+            <version>1.7.28</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -366,7 +344,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.2.Final</version>
+            <version>5.1.3.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.xhtmlrenderer</groupId>