diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe30fe5..4ca51d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 target
 *.i??
 .idea
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6b8438..f3eb82e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.1</version>
+                    <version>2.4</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!--
                    Adding some extra config to what has already been defined in org.apache:apache-7:pom
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.4.2</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
                         <arguments>-Prelease,deploy</arguments>
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.0.2</version>
+                    <version>3.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <source>1.5</source>
                         <target>1.5</target>
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-idea-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.1</version>
+                    <version>2.2.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
                         <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
@@ -192,12 +193,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3.1</version>
+                    <version>2.16</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.1</version>
+                    <version>2.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.google.code.japidiff</groupId>
@@ -207,12 +208,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
+                    <version>2.9</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.4</version>
+                    <version>2.9.1</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.8</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>copy-legal</id>
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0</version>
+                <version>1.5</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.4</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.3</version>
+                        <version>2.8.1</version>
                         <inherited>true</inherited>
                         <configuration>
                             <altDeploymentRepository>${deploy.altRepository}</altDeploymentRepository>
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
+                        <version>1.4</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <goals>