diff --git a/elx-api/build.gradle b/elx-api/build.gradle
index 47e0f09..41bb17d 100644
--- a/elx-api/build.gradle
+++ b/elx-api/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module: 'securesm'
         // we use log4j2, not log4j
         exclude group: 'log4j'
+        // we use our own guava
+        exclude group: 'com.google.guava'
     }
     // override log4j2 of Elastic with ours
     compile "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${project.property('log4j.version')}"
@@ -18,5 +20,5 @@ dependencies {
     // not used, but maybe in other projects
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
     // lift guava
-    compile "com.google.guava:guava:${project.property('guava.version')}"
+    compile "org.xbib:guava:${project.property('xbib-guava.version')}"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9bb1cbb..67e94f2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = elx
-version = 2.2.1.13
+version = 2.2.1.14
 
 # main
 xbib-metrics.version = 2.0.0
-xbib-guice.version = 4.0.4
-xbib-netty-http.version = 4.1.43.1
+# guice 4 - > our guice 4.4.2
+xbib-guice.version = 4.4.2
+# guava 18 -> our guava 28.1
+xbib-guava.version = 28.1
+xbib-netty-http.version = 4.1.45.0
 elasticsearch.version = 2.2.1
-guava.version = 28.0-jre
-#jackson.version = 2.6.7 (original ES version)
+#jackson 2.6.7 (original ES version) -> 2.9.10
 jackson.version = 2.9.10
 jna.version = 4.5.2
 log4j.version = 2.12.1