diff --git a/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-basic/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml b/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-basic/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml
--- a/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-basic/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml
+++ b/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-basic/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.1.ga</version>
+      <version>3.4.0.GA</version>
       <exclusions>
-	<exclusion>
-	  <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
       <version>1.0.1B-rc4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.2</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank-single/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank-single/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
--- a/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank-single/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank-single/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?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" 
+<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">
 #set($sv = '${scala.version}')
 #parse('ext.vm')
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.1.ga</version>
+      <version>3.4.0.GA</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.2</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>scala-compiler</artifactId>
       <version>$sv</version>
diff --git a/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml b/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml
--- a/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml
+++ b/lift-archetypes/lift-archetype-jpa-blank/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/spa/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.1.ga</version>
+      <version>3.4.0.GA</version>
       <exclusions>
-	<exclusion>
-	  <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
       <version>1.0.1B-rc4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.2</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/lift-examples/JPADemo/JPADemo-spa/pom.xml b/lift-examples/JPADemo/JPADemo-spa/pom.xml
--- a/lift-examples/JPADemo/JPADemo-spa/pom.xml
+++ b/lift-examples/JPADemo/JPADemo-spa/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
       <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.2.GA</version>
+      <version>3.4.0.GA</version>
       <exclusions>
-	<exclusion>
-	  <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-	</exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
       <version>1.0.1B-rc4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <!-- Alternative to slf4j-simple. See: http://www.slf4j.org/legacy.html#log4j-over-slf4j -->
+      <!--<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>-->
+      <version>1.4.2</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>