diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce78b0f0..077c227f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<amazonaws.version>1.7.1</amazonaws.version>
-		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.1</logback.version>
+		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
+		<logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>
 		<wagon.version>2.6</wagon.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagon.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagon.java
index 1e734be6..24bbfea4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagon.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ private PutObjectRequest createDirectoryPutObjectRequest(String key) {
         ObjectMetadata objectMetadata = new ObjectMetadata();
         objectMetadata.setContentLength(0);
 
-        return new PutObjectRequest(this.bucketName, key, inputStream, objectMetadata).withCannedAcl(CannedAccessControlList.PublicRead);
+        return new PutObjectRequest(this.bucketName, key, inputStream, objectMetadata);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagonIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagonIntegrationTest.java
index 9ec8e6e2..c41f2cf1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagonIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/build/aws/maven/SimpleStorageServiceWagonIntegrationTest.java
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ public void putResource() throws TransferFailedException, ResourceDoesNotExistEx
             assertEquals(BUCKET_NAME, putObjectRequests.get(i).getBucketName());
             assertNotNull(putObjectRequests.get(i).getInputStream());
             assertEquals(0, putObjectRequests.get(i).getMetadata().getContentLength());
-            assertEquals(CannedAccessControlList.PublicRead, putObjectRequests.get(i).getCannedAcl());
         }
 
         assertEquals("foo/", putObjectRequests.get(0).getKey());