diff --git a/sling-parent/pom.xml b/sling-parent/pom.xml
index dc69592..c62b228 100644
--- a/sling-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sling-parent/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <sling.java.version>8</sling.java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</surefire.plugin.version>
+        <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M4</surefire.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>
@@ -276,17 +276,22 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.8.0</version>
+                    <version>3.8.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.1</version>
+                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -306,12 +311,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.1</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.17</version>
+                    <version>1.18</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <signature>
                             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>