diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 49a24fa..75af0ad 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
     - $HOME/.m2
 install: echo NOOP Skipping pre-fetch of Maven dependencies
 jdk:
-  - openjdk8
+  - openjdk11
 before_script:
   - unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
 env:
-  - BUILD_ARGS="clean verify javadoc:jar"  # main build of unit tests and javadoc
+  - BUILD_CMD="mvn clean verify javadoc:jar"  # main build of unit tests and javadoc
 script:
-  - mvn $BUILD_ARGS
+  - $BUILD_CMD -B -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e52270..bc9c8e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,18 +85,19 @@
     <url>https://travis-ci.org/apache/accumulo-proxy</url>
   </ciManagement>
   <properties>
-    <accumulo.version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</accumulo.version>
+    <accumulo.version>2.0.0</accumulo.version>
     <eclipseFormatterStyle>contrib/Eclipse-Accumulo-Codestyle.xml</eclipseFormatterStyle>
     <!-- extra release args for testing -->
     <extraReleaseArguments />
     <hadoop.version>3.1.1</hadoop.version>
     <it.failIfNoSpecifiedTests>false</it.failIfNoSpecifiedTests>
+    <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.26</slf4j.version>
     <sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>source-release-tar</sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>
     <spotbugs.excludeFilterFile>src/main/spotbugs/exclude-filter.xml</spotbugs.excludeFilterFile>
-    <spotbugs.version>3.1.7</spotbugs.version>
+    <spotbugs.version>3.1.12</spotbugs.version>
     <thrift.version>0.12.0</thrift.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
@@ -214,12 +215,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
+          <version>2.7</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.gaul</groupId>
           <artifactId>modernizer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6.0</version>
+          <version>1.8.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <javaVersion>${maven.compiler.target}</javaVersion>
           </configuration>
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
           <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${spotbugs.version}</version>
+          <version>${spotbugs.version}.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
             <effort>Max</effort>
@@ -246,12 +247,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0</version>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.ekryd.sortpom</groupId>
           <artifactId>sortpom-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.0</version>
+          <version>2.10.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <predefinedSortOrder>recommended_2008_06</predefinedSortOrder>
             <createBackupFile>false</createBackupFile>
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.koraktor</groupId>
           <artifactId>mavanagaiata</artifactId>
-          <version>0.8.2</version>
+          <version>0.9.4</version>
           <configuration>
             <skipNoGit>true</skipNoGit>
           </configuration>
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.8.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <optimize>true</optimize>
             <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
@@ -304,6 +306,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <archive>
               <manifestEntries>
@@ -340,13 +343,6 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
             <excludedGroups>${surefire.excludedGroups}</excludedGroups>
@@ -380,30 +376,6 @@
           <version>1.5.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <configuration>
-            <rules>
-              <requireJavaVersion>
-                <version>[${maven.compiler.target},)</version>
-              </requireJavaVersion>
-            </rules>
-          </configuration>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-              <artifactId>animal-sniffer-enforcer-rule</artifactId>
-              <version>1.17</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <!-- Allows us to get the apache-ds bundle artifacts -->
-          <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.0</version>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
           <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
           <artifactId>apilyzer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.2.0</version>
@@ -411,7 +383,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.revelc.code.formatter</groupId>
           <artifactId>formatter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7.5</version>
+          <version>2.10.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <configFile>${eclipseFormatterStyle}</configFile>
             <compilerCompliance>${maven.compiler.source}</compilerCompliance>
@@ -442,7 +414,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.revelc.code</groupId>
           <artifactId>impsort-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.0</version>
+          <version>1.3.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <removeUnused>true</removeUnused>
             <groups>java.,javax.,org.,com.</groups>
@@ -495,27 +467,20 @@
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>enforce-basic-rules</id>
+            <!-- must be same id as in the apache parent pom, to override the version -->
+            <id>enforce-maven-version</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>enforce</goal>
             </goals>
             <phase>validate</phase>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>enforce-java-signatures</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
             <configuration>
               <rules>
-                <checkSignatureRule implementation="org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.enforcer.CheckSignatureRule">
-                  <signature>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>java18</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.0</version>
-                  </signature>
-                </checkSignatureRule>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>[3.5.0,)</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+                <requireJavaVersion>
+                  <version>[11,)</version>
+                </requireJavaVersion>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/src/main/spotbugs/exclude-filter.xml b/src/main/spotbugs/exclude-filter.xml
index 8d66ccf..3f53670 100644
--- a/src/main/spotbugs/exclude-filter.xml
+++ b/src/main/spotbugs/exclude-filter.xml
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@
     <!-- ignore thrift-generated classes -->
     <Package name="org.apache.accumulo.proxy.thrift" />
   </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <!-- Must ignore these everywhere, because of a javac byte code generation bug -->
+    <!-- https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/756 -->
+    <Bug pattern="RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_WOULD_HAVE_BEEN_A_NPE" />
+  </Match>
 </FindBugsFilter>