diff --git a/activeweb-testing/src/main/java/org/javalite/activeweb/RequestSpecHelper.java b/activeweb-testing/src/main/java/org/javalite/activeweb/RequestSpecHelper.java
index 7afedd8..8894f3a 100644
--- a/activeweb-testing/src/main/java/org/javalite/activeweb/RequestSpecHelper.java
+++ b/activeweb-testing/src/main/java/org/javalite/activeweb/RequestSpecHelper.java
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ protected String cookieValue(String name){
      * @return contents of selected element as text.
      */
     protected String text(String cssQuery){
-        Document doc = Jsoup.parse(responseContent().replace("'", "\"")); //TODO: this replacement can be removed
-        // when this PL is accepted: https://github.com/jhy/jsoup/pull/655 and a new JSoup version released
+        Document doc = Jsoup.parse(responseContent());
         Elements elements  = doc.select(cssQuery);
         if(elements.isEmpty()){
             return null;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab854c6..59b3c03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <activejdbc.version>2.1</activejdbc.version>
+        <activejdbc.version>2.2</activejdbc.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.0</slf4j.version> <!--//TODO: replace with latest version when this is fixed: http://jira.qos.ch/browse/SLF4J-389-->
     </properties>
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.3</version>
+                <version>1.11.3</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>