diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 4b70e4a190..b09217e854 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project.organization=se.scalablesolutions.akka
 project.name=akka
 project.version=1.0-SNAPSHOT
-scala.version=2.8.0
+scala.version=2.8.1
 sbt.version=0.7.4
 def.scala.version=2.7.7
-build.scala.versions=2.8.0
+build.scala.versions=2.8.1
diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index e8cda66d3b..5bbd3e92ff 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     lazy val junit          = "junit"                  % "junit"               % "4.5"             % "test" //Common Public License 1.0
     lazy val mockito        = "org.mockito"            % "mockito-all"         % "1.8.1"           % "test" //MIT
     lazy val scalatest      = "org.scalatest"          % "scalatest"           % SCALATEST_VERSION % "test" //ApacheV2
-    lazy val specs          = "org.scala-tools.testing" %% "specs"             % "1.6.5"           % "test" //MIT
+    lazy val specs          = "org.scala-tools.testing" %% "specs"             % "1.6.6"           % "test" //MIT
 
     //HBase testing
     lazy val hadoop_test    = "org.apache.hadoop"      % "hadoop-test"         % "0.20.2"          % "test" //ApacheV2
diff --git a/project/plugins/Plugins.scala b/project/plugins/Plugins.scala
index 4f4ec09479..0a2e64a2a8 100644
--- a/project/plugins/Plugins.scala
+++ b/project/plugins/Plugins.scala
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ class Plugins(info: ProjectInfo) extends PluginDefinition(info) {
   // Dependencies
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   lazy val bnd4sbt    = "com.weiglewilczek.bnd4sbt" % "bnd4sbt"           % "1.0.0.RC4"
-  lazy val spdeSbt    = "us.technically.spde"       % "spde-sbt-plugin"   % "0.4.1"
+  lazy val spdeSbt    = "us.technically.spde"       % "spde-sbt-plugin"   % "0.4.2"
 }