Newer versions are available for several dependencies

mvn versions:display-dependency-updates in the archetype shows there are updates available for a.o.:
commons-lang:commons-lang ................................. 2.5 -> 2.6
junit:junit ............................................. 4.5 -> 4.8.2
log4j:log4j ......................................... 1.2.14 -> 1.2.16
org.freemarker:freemarker ........................... 2.3.16 -> 2.3.18
org.slf4j:* .............................. 1.5.6 -> 1.6.1

mvn versions:display-plugin-versions in the project pom shows there are updates available for:

[INFO] maven-antrun-plugin ...................................... 1.3 -> 1.6
[INFO] maven-changelog-plugin ................................... 2.1 -> 2.2
[INFO] maven-changes-plugin ..................................... 2.3 -> 2.6
[INFO] maven-deploy-plugin ...................................... 2.5 -> 2.6
[INFO] maven-install-plugin ................................... 2.3 -> 2.3.1
[INFO] maven-javadoc-plugin ..................................... 2.7 -> 2.8
[INFO] maven-project-info-reports-plugin ...................... 2.1.2 -> 2.4
[INFO] maven-release-plugin ..................................... 2.1 -> 2.2
[INFO] maven-remote-resources-plugin .......................... 1.1 -> 1.2.1
[INFO] maven-resources-plugin ................................... 2.4 -> 2.5
[INFO] maven-surefire-plugin .................................... 2.5 -> 2.9
[INFO] maven-surefire-report-plugin ............................. 2.8 -> 2.9
[INFO] org.codehaus.cargo:cargo-maven2-plugin ......... 1.1.0-r2872 -> 1.1.1
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo:buildnumber-maven-plugin ........ 1.0-beta-4 -> 1.0