diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e46842b387..bb6edb2512 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<spring.version>4.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring.version>
 		<spring.security.javaconfig.version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</spring.security.javaconfig.version>
 		<spring.integration.version>2.2.3.RELEASE</spring.integration.version>
-		<spring.batch.version>2.2.0.RC1</spring.batch.version>
+		<spring.batch.version>2.2.0.RC2</spring.batch.version>
         <tomcat.version>7.0.39</tomcat.version>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-				<version>4.1.9.Final</version>
+				<version>4.2.1.Final</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-ui-sample/pom.xml b/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-ui-sample/pom.xml
index 121f5a61bc..6a979e9ec2 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-ui-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-bootstrap-samples/spring-bootstrap-ui-sample/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-			<version>4.3.1.Final</version>
-			<!-- FIXME: make this optional -->
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>