diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b29172f32..5c0c6c941e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
+        <version>2.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifestEntries>
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11</version>
+        <version>2.18</version>
         <configuration>
           <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-server</workingDirectory>
             <excludes>