diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index 8e0b31e66..918865bec 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -72,30 +72,30 @@ dependencyManagement {
      dependency 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.6.1'
      dependency 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.0.0'
      dependency 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.0.0'
-     dependency 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
+     dependency 'com.google.code.gson:gson:+'
      dependency 'com.google.guava:guava:15.0'
-     dependency 'joda-time:joda-time:2.4'
+     dependency 'joda-time:joda-time:+'
      dependency 'org.apache.commons:commons-email:1.3.3'
-     dependency 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.3.2'
+     dependency 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:+'
      dependency 'org.drizzle.jdbc:drizzle-jdbc:1.4'
      dependency 'com.lowagie:itext:2.1.7'
      dependency 'com.lowagie:itext-rtf:2.1.7'
      dependency 'org.mnode.ical4j:ical4j:1.0.4'
      dependency 'com.googlecode.flyway:flyway-core:2.1.1'
-     dependency 'org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.1.7'
+     dependency 'org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:+'
      dependency 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-s3:1.11.80'
-     dependency 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:2.7.2'
+     dependency 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:+'
      dependency 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler:0.8.12'
      dependency 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:0.9.1'
      dependency 'org.apache.tika:tika-core:1.9'
-     dependency 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3.5'
+     dependency 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:+'
      dependency 'io.swagger:swagger-jersey-jaxrs:1.5.15'
      dependency 'org.springframework:spring-jms:4.0.7.RELEASE'
-     dependency 'org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker:5.9.1'
-     dependency 'javax.validation:validation-api:2.0.0.Final'
+     dependency 'org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker:+'
+     dependency 'javax.validation:validation-api:+'
      dependency 'org.apache.bval:org.apache.bval.bundle:2.0.2'
-     dependency 'junit:junit:4.12'
-     dependency 'junit:junit-dep:4.11'
+     dependency 'junit:junit:+'
+     //dependency 'junit:junit-dep:4.11'
      dependency 'org.mockito:mockito-core:+'
      dependency 'com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured:2.3.3'
      dependency 'com.mockrunner:mockrunner-jms:2.0.1'
diff --git a/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle b/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle
index b0a3f385b..dd252cdbb 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.apache.bval:org.apache.bval.bundle'
 
     testCompile 'junit:junit',
-            'junit:junit-dep',
+            //'junit:junit-dep',
             'org.mockito:mockito-core',
             'com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured',
             'com.mockrunner:mockrunner-jms',
diff --git a/fineract-provider/dev-dependencies.gradle b/fineract-provider/dev-dependencies.gradle
index 4b6b6e756..70b26f69e 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/dev-dependencies.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/dev-dependencies.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 
 
-            'org.apache.openjpa:openjpa-maven-plugin'
+            'org.apache.openjpa:openjpa-maven-plugin',
             'javax.ws.rs:jsr311-api',
 
             'com.sun.jersey:jersey-servlet',
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ dependencies {
     )
 
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11',
-            'junit:junit-dep:4.11',
-            'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.9.5',
-            'com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured:2.3.3',
+            //'junit:junit-dep:4.11',
+            'org.mockito:mockito-core',
+            'com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured',
             'com.mockrunner:mockrunner-jms',
             'com.google.code.gson:gson',
             'org.springframework:spring-jms',
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ dependencies {
             'org.springframework:spring-context-support',
 
             'com.sun.jersey:jersey-core',
-            'com.mockrunner:mockrunner-jdbc',
+            'com.mockrunner:mockrunner-jdbc'
 
      testCompile ("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test") {
          exclude group: 'com.jayway.jsonpath', module: 'json-path'