diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d57b6e2d..b47f20c13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
       <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5.3</version>
+      <version>4.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Jackson core used internally by Ebean -->
@@ -112,21 +112,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
       <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
+      <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>2.9.7</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>9.4-1202-jdbc41</version>
+      <version>9.4.1212.jre7</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-agentloader</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.1</version>
+      <version>2.1.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -173,28 +173,28 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.192</version>
+      <version>1.4.193</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
       <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.11.2</version>
+      <version>3.15.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>2.3.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.36</version>
+      <version>6.0.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -209,14 +209,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje.moduuid</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-moduuid</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>2.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlserver/SqlServerPlatform.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlserver/SqlServerPlatform.java
index 20b59882d..a3ca1e1a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlserver/SqlServerPlatform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/sqlserver/SqlServerPlatform.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbType;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.IdType;
 import io.ebean.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform.SqlServerDdl;
 
+import java.sql.Types;
+
 /**
  * Microsoft SQL Server platform.
  */
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ public class SqlServerPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
     this.openQuote = "[";
     this.closeQuote = "]";
 
+    booleanDbType = Types.INTEGER;
     dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BOOLEAN, new DbPlatformType("bit default 0"));
 
     dbTypeMap.put(DbType.INTEGER, new DbPlatformType("integer", false));
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
index 2aa8cbf29..67071d3cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class MigrationXmlWriter {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Write a Migration to a file as an xml document to the file.
+   * Write a Migration as a standalone XML document to a file.
    */
   public void write(Migration migration, File file) {
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public class MigrationXmlWriter {
 
       FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
       writer.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n");
+      writer.write("<!DOCTYPE xml>\n");
       if (comment != null) {
         writer.write("<!-- ");
         writer.write(comment);