diff --git a/browsermob-dist/pom.xml b/browsermob-dist/pom.xml
index 9be2f672b..6f2674901 100644
--- a/browsermob-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/browsermob-dist/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.4.1</version>
+                        <version>2.4.2</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <phase>package</phase>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.5.5</version>
+                        <version>2.6</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>make-bundles</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9f45bba1..1c6b58dbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
 
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>2.6</maven-jar-plugin.version>
 
-        <log4j.version>2.4.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.5</log4j.version>
 
         <groovy.version>2.4.5</groovy.version>
         <groovy-eclipse-batch.version>2.4.3-01</groovy-eclipse-batch.version>
 
         <netty.version>4.0.33.Final</netty.version>
 
-        <bouncycastle.version>1.52</bouncycastle.version>
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.53</bouncycastle.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6.1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.18.1</version>
+                    <version>2.19</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                 <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-                <version>18.0</version>
+                <version>19.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.31-beta</version>
+                <version>2.0.33-beta</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.5.2</version>
+                        <version>2.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                             <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
@@ -465,26 +465,8 @@
         <profile>
             <id>netty-4.1</id>
             <properties>
-                <netty.version>4.1.0.Beta6</netty.version>
+                <netty.version>4.1.0.Beta8</netty.version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
-    <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <effort>Max</effort>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </reporting>
 </project>