diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73156936e1..99c86566e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <jboss.marshalling.version>1.3.14.GA</jboss.marshalling.version>
+    <jboss.marshalling.version>1.3.17.GA</jboss.marshalling.version>
     <test.jvm.argLine>
       -server 
       -Dio.netty.resourceLeakDetection
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.2</version>
+        <version>1.7.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -224,20 +224,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.10</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <!-- JUnit ships an older version of hamcrest. -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>4.11</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -255,13 +242,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jmock</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmock-junit4</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.1</version>
+      <version>2.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.9</version>
+      <version>1.0.10</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -270,7 +257,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1</version>
+        <version>1.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>enforce-tools</id>
@@ -294,7 +281,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <compilerVersion>1.7</compilerVersion>
           <fork>true</fork>
@@ -304,6 +291,7 @@
           <optimize>true</optimize>
           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+          <compilerArgument>-Xlint:-options</compilerArgument>
           <!-- XXX: maven-release-plugin complains - MRELEASE-715 -->
           <!--
           <compilerArguments>
@@ -319,7 +307,7 @@
              be used even when compiling with java 1.7+ -->
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
+        <version>1.9</version>
         <configuration>
           <signature>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
@@ -408,7 +396,7 @@
       </plugin>             
        <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.2</version>
+        <version>2.2.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -420,7 +408,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
+        <version>2.9</version>
         <configuration>
           <detectOfflineLinks>false</detectOfflineLinks>
           <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
@@ -438,7 +426,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
           <arguments>-P release,sonatype-oss-release,full,no-osgi</arguments>
@@ -455,12 +443,12 @@
         <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.12</version>
+          <version>2.14</version>
         </plugin>
         <!-- keep surefire and failsafe in sync -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.12</version>
+          <version>2.14</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -468,7 +456,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
+          <version>2.6</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -476,11 +464,11 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>2.7</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.3</version>
+          <version>2.4</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>