diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3394359620518d030b1c6d493149db60902097d8..989ab5feca253aa4d8ab1d9d9f9abf78fd76aad4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ target
 
 # ignore output files from testing
 output*
+
+# ignore standard eclipse
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings
diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
index 00756707528600a0f0cc857be711e9c444e45be4..ffc64112c018752a30df51458c220d7786b68ba1 100644
--- a/accumulo/pom.xml
+++ b/accumulo/pom.xml
@@ -93,4 +93,13 @@
       <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 6041726271d1c45a5441ddf4c09c871f0483754d..585485b85433e42ad1c663dc8650836957448716 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   <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>