diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d76cf2d..a8f415a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 .idea/
 .svn
 *.iml
-
+target
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e0205be..3bfb6f3 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.8.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-java-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.8</version>
+      <version>1.2.6</version>
     </dependency>    
   </dependencies>
   <build>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version>
+        <version>2.9</version>
         <configuration>
           <includes>
             <include>**/*.java</include>