diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client/pom.xml
index e2be3c4f26b..d452fdb696b 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>jaxrs-cxf-petstore-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
   <name>jaxrs-cxf-petstore-client</name>
-  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server.  You can find out more about Swagger at [http://swagger.io](http://swagger.io) or on [irc.freenode.net, #swagger](http://swagger.io/irc/).  For this sample, you can use the api key &#x60;special-key&#x60; to test the authorization filters.</description>
+  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server.  You can find out more about Swagger at [http://swagger.io](http://swagger.io) or on [irc.freenode.net, #swagger](http://swagger.io/irc/).  For this sample, you can use the api key `special-key` to test the authorization filters.</description>
   <version>1.0.0</version>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@
     <java.version>1.7</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-    <swagger-core-version>1.5.15</swagger-core-version>
+    <swagger-core-version>1.6.0</swagger-core-version>
     <jetty-version>9.2.9.v20150224</jetty-version>
     <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
     <logback-version>1.1.7</logback-version>
     <servlet-api-version>2.5</servlet-api-version>
     <beanvalidation-version>1.1.0.Final</beanvalidation-version>
     <cxf-version>3.1.11</cxf-version>
-    <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.8.9</jackson-jaxrs-version>
+    <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.10.0</jackson-jaxrs-version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 </project>