diff --git a/akka-kernel/pom.xml b/akka-kernel/pom.xml
index a6d0c801a6..0d384c1eb7 100755
--- a/akka-kernel/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-kernel/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-mongo</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/akka-samples-java/pom.xml b/akka-samples-java/pom.xml
index 8dc34d9349..5260ca6901 100644
--- a/akka-samples-java/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-java/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml b/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml
index 7d4f292166..a71e9ec699 100644
--- a/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-lift/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml b/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml
index 0d1658d315..0f21cec7b6 100644
--- a/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-scala/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/akka-samples-security/pom.xml b/akka-samples-security/pom.xml
index f2374a8c23..3c499b59dd 100644
--- a/akka-samples-security/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples-security/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/akka-security/pom.xml b/akka-security/pom.xml
index 2ef5d73531..2c7425edfa 100644
--- a/akka-security/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-security/pom.xml
@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@
       <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
       <version>${scala.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <!--<dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-kernel</artifactId>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>-->
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>akka-core</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <artifactId>akka-persistence</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>akka-persistence-cassandra</artifactId>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>