diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
index 333955c47..6180cc37e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7</version>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>
           </configuration>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.10</version>
+          <version>1.12</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 517dd7db2..7148f6668 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     <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>2.10.3</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
+    <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>2.10.4</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
     <tycho-extras-version>0.25.0</tycho-extras-version>
     <gson-version>2.2.4</gson-version>
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6</version>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <archive>
               <manifestEntries>
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.10</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
@@ -361,13 +361,13 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.10</version>
+          <version>1.12</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.3</version>
+          <version>3.0.4</version>
           <configuration>
             <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
             <failOnError>false</failOnError>
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6</version>
+          <version>3.7</version>
           <configuration>
             <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
             <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
@@ -419,12 +419,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
           <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.7.6.201602180812</version>
+          <version>0.7.8</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.1</version>
+          <version>3.6</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency><!-- add support for ssh/scp -->
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>