diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 322ca7b60aa..3ebbb9ae135 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             ISO-8859-1
         </project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <configSourceDirectory>src/main/config</configSourceDirectory>
-        <jettyVersion>8.1.11.v20130520</jettyVersion>
+        <jettyVersion>8.1.13.v20130916</jettyVersion>
     </properties>
     <developers>
         <developer>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <prerequisites>
-        <maven>3.0.4</maven>
+        <maven>3.1.1</maven>
     </prerequisites>
 
     <mailingLists>
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.14.1</version>
+                <version>2.16</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- <groups>fast</groups>
                     <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0</version>
+                <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.7</source>
                     <target>1.7</target>
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>2.8.1</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                         <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.2</version>
+                        <version>2.5</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2</version>
+                <version>3.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <port>8081</port>
                 </configuration>
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                         <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.2</version>
+                        <version>2.5</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7</version>
+                <version>1.8</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>released-version</id>
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9</version>
+                <version>2.9.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <quiet>true</quiet>
                     <failOnError>false</failOnError>
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.4</version>
+                    <version>2.5.1</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
                                     <pluginExecutionFilter>
                                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                                        <versionRange>[1.7,)</versionRange>
+                                        <versionRange>[1.8,)</versionRange>
                                         <goals>
                                             <goal>released-version</goal>
                                             <goal>parse-version</goal>
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
                                 	<pluginExecutionFilter>
                                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                                        <versionRange>[3.0,)</versionRange>
+                                        <versionRange>[3.1,)</versionRange>
                                 		<goals>
                                 			<goal>testCompile</goal>
                                 			<goal>compile</goal>
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.14.1</version>
+                <version>2.16</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -705,12 +705,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
             <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.4</version>
+            <version>1.4.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>6.8.5</version>
+            <version>6.8.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.7</version>
+                        <version>1.8</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>released-version</id>
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.7</version>
+                        <version>1.8</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>released-version</id>
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.7</version>
+                        <version>1.8</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>released-version</id>