diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29347d23a0e..be9bba52a44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version><!--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$-->
+                <version>2.3.1</version><!--$NO-MVN-MAN-VER$-->
                 <configuration>
                     <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots>
                 </configuration>
@@ -291,13 +291,19 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.6</source>
                     <target>1.6</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -381,7 +387,7 @@
 
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3</version>
+                    <version>2.3.1</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>