diff --git a/surf/pom.xml b/surf/pom.xml
index c621126..6c0fa8e 100644
--- a/surf/pom.xml
+++ b/surf/pom.xml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 
    <properties>
       <!-- Surf projects historically use 'spring.version' property -->
-      <spring.version>5.3.27</spring.version>
+      <spring.version>5.3.33</spring.version>
       <dependency.alfresco-core.version>8.425</dependency.alfresco-core.version>
-      <dependency.webscripts.version>8.47</dependency.webscripts.version>
+      <dependency.webscripts.version>8.49</dependency.webscripts.version>
       <dependency.freemarker.version>2.3.30</dependency.freemarker.version>
       <dependency.rhino.version>1.7.13</dependency.rhino.version>
       <dependency.yui.version>2.9.0-alfresco-20141223</dependency.yui.version>
diff --git a/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml b/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml
index 2c78c27..45b213d 100644
--- a/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml
+++ b/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
                  </suiteXmlFiles>
              </configuration>
          </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.3.2</version>
+         </plugin>
       </plugins>
    </build>
    <dependencies>