diff --git a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-openimaj/pom.xml b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-openimaj/pom.xml
index 8da15450..7bb4545a 100644
--- a/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-openimaj/pom.xml
+++ b/webcam-capture-drivers/driver-openimaj/pom.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 			<groupId>org.openimaj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>core-video-capture</artifactId>
 			<version>1.3</version>
+			
+			<!-- webcam-capture doesn't need most of the transitive dependencies -->
 			<exclusions>
-				<!-- webcam-capture doesn't need most of the transitive dependencies -->
 				<exclusion>
   					<groupId>jama</groupId>
   					<artifactId>jama</artifactId>
@@ -106,6 +107,22 @@
   					<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
   					<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.sourceforge.jmatio</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jmatio</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.caffeineowl.graphics</groupId>
+					<artifactId>BezierUtils</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>javax.media</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jai-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.sun.media</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jai-codec</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-applet/pom.xml b/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-applet/pom.xml
index c5a2847f..0bf38ffe 100644
--- a/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-applet/pom.xml
+++ b/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-applet/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0</version>
+				<version>2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 				<artifactSet>
 					<includes>
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<keystore>keystore.jks</keystore>
 					<alias>example</alias>
@@ -101,4 +102,4 @@
 
 	</build>
 	
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-detect-face/pom.xml b/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-detect-face/pom.xml
index b33d5a16..bc11afc3 100644
--- a/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-detect-face/pom.xml
+++ b/webcam-capture-examples/webcam-capture-detect-face/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,118 @@
 			<groupId>org.openimaj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>faces</artifactId>
 			<version>1.3</version>
+			
+			<!-- webcam-capture doesn't need most of the transitive dependencies -->
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>jama</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>jama</artifactId>
+ 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>com.googlecode.matrix-toolkits-java</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>mtj</artifactId>
+				 </exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>com.googlecode.netlib-java</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>netlib-java</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>net.sf.jafama</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>JaFaMa</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>jgrapht</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>jgrapht</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>ch.akuhn.matrix</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>MatrixLib</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>gov.sandia.foundry</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>gov-sandia-cognition-common-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>gov.sandia.foundry</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>gov-sandia-cognition-common-data</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>gov.sandia.foundry</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>gov-sandia-cognition-learning-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>gov.sandia.foundry</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>gov-sandia-cognition-text-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>gov.sandia.foundry</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>gov-sandia-cognition-framework-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>gov.sandia.foundry</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>gov-sandia-cognition-framework-learning</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>org.openimaj</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>core-citation</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>net.sf.trove4j</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>trove4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>colt</groupId>
+					<artifactId>colt</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+  					<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+  					<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>net.sourceforge.jmatio</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jmatio</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.caffeineowl.graphics</groupId>
+					<artifactId>BezierUtils</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>javax.media</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jai-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.sun.media</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jai-codec</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.bethecoder</groupId>
+					<artifactId>ascii-table</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>xuggle</groupId>
+					<artifactId>xuggle-xuggler-lgpl</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
+					<artifactId>liblinear-dense</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>