diff --git a/webui/.gitrepo b/webui/.gitrepo
index 8bc41dcdb0..1ad8ab1340 100644
--- a/webui/.gitrepo
+++ b/webui/.gitrepo
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 	remote = git@github.com:daisy/pipeline-webui.git
 	branch = master
 	commit = da26286e59190919450b5409c20fe0a139f75b2b
-	parent = 32acda505b73dafceaee8e888d7a0b72e2523e68
+	parent = 9054572ac20191f8e7ef341ef6e19a7bd37f05e6
 	cmdver = 0.3.1
diff --git a/webui/app/controllers/SystemStatus.java b/webui/app/controllers/SystemStatus.java
index ebc2e39b54..d368788716 100644
--- a/webui/app/controllers/SystemStatus.java
+++ b/webui/app/controllers/SystemStatus.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public static EngineAttempt engineAttempt(String url, String authid, String secr
 			attempt.lastAuthTime = new Date();
 			if (attempt.alive != null && authid != null && secret != null && !attempt.alive.error && attempt.alive.authentication) {
 				try {
-					attempt.authResponse = Pipeline2HttpClient.get(url, "", authid, secret, null);
+					attempt.authResponse = Pipeline2HttpClient.get(url, "/jobs", authid, secret, null);
 					//attempt.authResponse = org.daisy.pipeline.client.Scripts.get(url, authid, secret);
 					if (attempt.authResponse.status == 401) {
 						attempt.authError = "Invalid authentication ID or secret text";
diff --git a/webui/build.sbt b/webui/build.sbt
index 6ad30f1aad..0cbad53194 100644
--- a/webui/build.sbt
+++ b/webui/build.sbt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import com.typesafe.sbt.packager.windows.WixHelper
 
 organization := "org.daisy.pipeline"
 name := "webui"
-version := "2.7.0"
+version := "2.7.2-SNAPSHOT"
 
 organizationName := "The DAISY Consortium"
 organizationHomepage := Some(url("http://daisy.org"))
@@ -190,12 +190,16 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.avaje.ebeanorm" % "avaje-ebeanorm-api" % "3.1.1",
   "org.apache.derby" % "derby" % "10.11.1.1",
   "mysql" % "mysql-connector-java" % "8.0.15",
-  "org.daisy.pipeline" % "clientlib-java" % "5.0.0",
-  "org.daisy.pipeline" % "clientlib-java-httpclient" % "2.1.1",
+  "org.daisy.pipeline" % "clientlib-java" % "5.0.1",
+  "org.daisy.pipeline" % "clientlib-java-httpclient" % "2.1.2",
   "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.9",
   "org.apache.commons" % "commons-email" % "1.4",
-  "log4j" % "log4j" % "1.2.17",
-  "log4j" % "apache-log4j-extras" % "1.2.17"
+  // override version included by default (1.1.3)
+  "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-core" % "1.2.8",
+  "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.8",
+  "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.32",
+  "org.slf4j" % "jul-to-slf4j" % "1.7.32",
+  "org.slf4j" % "jcl-over-slf4j" % "1.7.32"
 )
 
 scalacOptions += "-deprecation"