diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da0cdd63..fb743ace 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
                     <artifactId>rascal-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.27.3</version>
+                    <version>0.28.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <errorsAsWarnings>false</errorsAsWarnings>
                         <bin>${project.build.outputDirectory}</bin>
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
             <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
-            <version>0.40.2</version>
+            <version>0.40.7</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -167,5 +167,10 @@
             <version>0.2.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     </project>