diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9d236ec9..621e867c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,14 +201,15 @@
     <osgi-core-version>4.3.1</osgi-core-version>
     <servlet-api-version>3.1.0</servlet-api-version>
     <jetty-version>9.3.17.v20170317</jetty-version>
-    <japicmp-version>0.5.3</japicmp-version>
+    <japicmp-version>0.8.1</japicmp-version>
     <httpclient-version>4.3.6</httpclient-version>
     <slf4j-version>1.7.2</slf4j-version>
     <log4j-version>1.2.15</log4j-version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>2.10.4</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
-    <tycho-extras-version>0.26.0</tycho-extras-version>
+    <tycho-extras-version>1.0.0</tycho-extras-version>
     <gson-version>2.2.4</gson-version>
     <findbugs-maven-plugin-version>3.0.4</findbugs-maven-plugin-version>
+    <maven-surefire-report-plugin-version>2.20</maven-surefire-report-plugin-version>
 
     <!-- Properties to enable jacoco code coverage analysis -->
     <sonar.core.codeCoveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.core.codeCoveragePlugin>
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.19.1</version>
+          <version>2.20</version>
           <configuration>
             <forkCount>${test-fork-count}</forkCount>
             <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
@@ -433,14 +434,14 @@
             <dependency><!-- add support for ssh/scp -->
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
               <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-              <version>2.10</version>
+              <version>2.12</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.19.1</version>
+          <version>${maven-surefire-report-plugin-version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.19.1</version>
+        <version>${maven-surefire-report-plugin-version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <aggregate>true</aggregate>
           <alwaysGenerateSurefireReport>false</alwaysGenerateSurefireReport>