diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index db72330976..7b675b1089 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index c9aac44350..d0363c579d 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jstl</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>