diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95aba0ce..a2c4ce6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.20</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<!-- wait three minutes for gitlab to start -->
 		<docker-maven-plugin.timeOut>180000</docker-maven-plugin.timeOut>
 	</properties>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4</version>
+				<version>3.0.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
               <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
                 <configuration>
                   <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
                 </configuration>