diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33943596..989ab5fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # ignore compiled byte code
 target
 
 # ignore output files from testing
 output*
+
+# ignore standard eclipse
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings
diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
index 00756707..ffc64112 100644
--- a/accumulo/pom.xml
+++ b/accumulo/pom.xml
@@ -1,96 +1,105 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
     <version>0.1.4</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>accumulo-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Accumulo DB Binding</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.accumulo</groupId>
       <artifactId>accumulo-core</artifactId>
       <version>${accumulo.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
           <artifactId>thrift</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
           <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
       <version>3.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
       <version>1.2.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>4.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
       <version>0.20.203.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
       <version>5.1.14</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
       <version>r08</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptorRefs>
             <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
           </descriptorRefs>
           <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>apache</id>
       <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.8</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60417262..585485b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,114 +1,114 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
   <artifactId>root</artifactId>
   <version>0.1.4</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>YCSB Root</name>
 
   <description>
     This is the top level project that builds, packages the core and all the DB bindings for YCSB infrastructure.
   </description>
   <dependencies>
     <!-- voldemort -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
       <version>5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
       <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
       <version>1.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
       <version>1.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!--
     Nail down slf4j version to 1.6 so that it defaults to no-op logger.
     http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
     -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <version>1.6.4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
  
   <!-- Properties Management -->
   <properties>
     <maven.assembly.version>2.2.1</maven.assembly.version>
     <hbase.version>0.92.1</hbase.version>
-    <accumulo.version>1.4.3</accumulo.version>
+    <accumulo.version>1.4.4</accumulo.version>
     <cassandra.version>0.7.0</cassandra.version>
     <infinispan.version>7.1.0.CR1</infinispan.version>
     <openjpa.jdbc.version>2.1.1</openjpa.jdbc.version>
     <mapkeeper.version>1.0</mapkeeper.version>
     <mongodb.version>2.11.2</mongodb.version>
     <orientdb.version>1.0.1</orientdb.version>
     <redis.version>2.0.0</redis.version>
     <voldemort.version>0.81</voldemort.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <thrift.version>0.8.0</thrift.version>
     <hypertable.version>0.9.5.6</hypertable.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
     <!--module>build-tools</module-->
     <module>cassandra</module>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>hbase</module>
     <module>hypertable</module>
     <module>accumulo</module>
     <module>dynamodb</module>
     <module>elasticsearch</module>
     <!--<module>gemfire</module>-->
     <module>infinispan</module>
     <module>jdbc</module>
     <module>mapkeeper</module>
     <module>mongodb</module>
     <module>orientdb</module>
     <!--module>nosqldb</module-->
     <module>redis</module>
     <module>voldemort</module>
     <module>distribution</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.6</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
           <id>validate</id>
             <phase>validate</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>checkstyle</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>