diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client-jackson/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client-jackson/pom.xml
index aa59537336d1..825cb5bbcdc9 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client-jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-client-jackson/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>jaxrs-cxf-jackson-petstore-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>jaxrs-cxf-jackson-petstore-client</name>
-  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server. 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. 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>
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@
     <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>1.5.18</swagger-core-version>
+    <swagger-core-version>1.6.12</swagger-core-version>
     <jetty-version>9.2.9.v20150224</jetty-version>
     <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
     <logback-version>1.2.0</logback-version>
     <servlet-api-version>2.5</servlet-api-version>
-    <cxf-version>3.3.0</cxf-version>
+    <cxf-version>3.5.10</cxf-version>
     <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.9.9</jackson-jaxrs-version>
     <javax-annotation-version>1.3.2</javax-annotation-version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>