diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c712e5c39..7f294089e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <apache.lucene.version>4.7.2</apache.lucene.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
-        <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.16</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.7</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
         <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.5</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>
     </properties>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.5</version>
+                    <version>2.6</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.18.1</version>
+                    <version>2.19</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.2</version>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.18.1</version>
+                    <version>2.19</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.1</version>
+                <version>2.19</version>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
                         <reports>