diff --git a/nb-repository-plugin/pom.xml b/nb-repository-plugin/pom.xml
index 4f27171..b420d5c 100644
--- a/nb-repository-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-repository-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.2</version>
+            <version>3.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/logging/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/pool/apidocs/</link>
-                        <link>http://junit.sourceforge.net/javadoc/</link>
+                        <link>https://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/latest/</link>
                         <link>http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/</link>
                         <!-- unreachable site <link>http://jakarta.apache.org/regexp/apidocs/</link> -->
                         <link>https://velocity.apache.org/engine/1.5/apidocs/</link>
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <version>3.4.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <debug>false</debug>
                             <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
diff --git a/nb-shared/pom.xml b/nb-shared/pom.xml
index e361877..f162dc1 100644
--- a/nb-shared/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-shared/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/logging/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/pool/apidocs/</link>
-                        <link>http://junit.sourceforge.net/javadoc/</link>
+                        <link>https://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/latest/</link>
                         <link>http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>https://velocity.apache.org/engine/1.5/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://maven.apache.org/ref/${maven.version}/maven-artifact/apidocs/</link>
diff --git a/nbm-maven-harness/pom.xml b/nbm-maven-harness/pom.xml
index 788c3a6..966be4e 100644
--- a/nbm-maven-harness/pom.xml
+++ b/nbm-maven-harness/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!--        XXX SHOULD BE RELEASE 9.0 and superior artefacts  changes to Apache Licence -->
-        <netbeans.version>RELEASE140</netbeans.version>
+        <netbeans.version>RELEASE160</netbeans.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/nbm-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/nbm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 49475ee..1a73784 100644
--- a/nbm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/nbm-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.2</version>
+            <version>3.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.7</version>
+            <version>4.6.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-dependency-tree</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.2.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-dependency-analyzer</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12.0</version>
+            <version>1.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- maven dependecy analyser version 1.8 will have the correct dependency -->
         <dependency>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-filtering</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.0</version>
+            <version>3.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-io</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-profile</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.5</version>
+            <version>2.2.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.5</version>
+            <version>2.2.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -287,12 +287,12 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-shared-resources</artifactId>
-                        <version>4</version>
+                        <version>5</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <version>3.4.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/logging/apidocs/</link>
                         <link>http://commons.apache.org/pool/apidocs/</link>
-                        <link>http://junit.sourceforge.net/javadoc/</link>
+                        <link>https://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/latest/</link>
                         <link>http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/</link>
                         <!-- unreachable site <link>http://jakarta.apache.org/regexp/apidocs/</link> -->
                         <link>https://velocity.apache.org/engine/1.5/apidocs/</link>
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
                                 <goal>install</goal>
                             </goals>
                             <filterProperties>
-                                <netbeans.version>RELEASE113</netbeans.version>
+                                <netbeans.version>RELEASE160</netbeans.version>
                             </filterProperties>
                         </configuration>
                         <executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16dd105..9e1347e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-                <version>1.10.12</version>
+                <version>1.10.13</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-shared-resources</artifactId>
-                            <version>4</version>
+                            <version>5</version>
                         </dependency>                   
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.4</version>
-                </plugin>
+                    <version>3.7.1</version>
+                </plugin>                
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>