diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b669e0..ad853aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@
     <version>${elasticsearch.version}-${mesos.version}-${elasticsearch-mesos.version}</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <mesos-utils.version>0.0.6</mesos-utils.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <mesos-utils.version>0.0.7</mesos-utils.version>
 
         <!-- Elasticsearch Mesos version. Looks like a build number from Maven's perspective-->
         <elasticsearch-mesos.version>1</elasticsearch-mesos.version>
 
         <!-- language & dependency versions -->
         <java.abi>1.6</java.abi>
-        <scala.version>2.10.4</scala.version>
-        <elasticsearch.version>1.1.0</elasticsearch.version>
+        <scala.version>2.10.3</scala.version>
+        <elasticsearch.version>1.1.1</elasticsearch.version>
         <mesos.version>0.18.0</mesos.version>
         <logback.version>1.0.9</logback.version>