diff --git a/hadoop/stable/pom.xml b/hadoop/stable/pom.xml
index 7561f7b..14517eb 100644
--- a/hadoop/stable/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop/stable/pom.xml
@@ -563,6 +563,33 @@
         <version>1.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+
+      <!-- transitive deps upgrades -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
+        <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+        <version>2.9.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
+        <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+        <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xmlunit-placeholders</artifactId>
+        <version>2.10.0</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>