diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 201e190..7e72278 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
   <description>sql2java code generator</description>
   <url>https://github.com/xgp/sql2java</url>
 
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.github.xgp</groupId>
+    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1</version>
+  </parent>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <java.version>1.5</java.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <scm>
     <url>https://github.com/xgp/sql2java</url>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/xgp/sql2java.git</connection>
@@ -16,10 +30,6 @@
     <tag>master</tag>
   </scm>
   
-  <prerequisites>
-    <maven>3.0.4</maven>
-  </prerequisites>
-  
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>GNU Library General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)</name>
@@ -30,102 +40,43 @@
   <developers>
     <developer>
       <name>Garth</name>
+      <url>https://github.com/xgp</url>
     </developer>
   </developers>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-      <name>Sonatype OSS Snapshots Repository</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-      <name>Sonatype OSS Release Staging Repository</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <modules>
     <module>sql2java-lib</module>
     <module>sql2java-maven-plugin</module>
   </modules>
 
-  <build>
-    <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-	<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-	<artifactId>wagon-webdav</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0-beta-2</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <debug>true</debug>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1</version>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <!-- only sign artificats during release; not snapshots -->
-      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>performRelease</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>sign</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-	    <configuration>
-              <useAgent>true</useAgent>
-	    </configuration>
-	  </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <junit.version>[4.0,)</junit.version>
-    <slf4j.version>[1.5.0,)</slf4j.version>
-  </properties>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+	<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+	<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+	<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+	<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+	<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+	<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+	<version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+	<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+	<artifactId>sqltool</artifactId>
+	<version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+	<groupId>junit</groupId>
+	<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+	<version>4.12</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/sql2java-lib/pom.xml b/sql2java-lib/pom.xml
index 452b297..c4a5333 100644
--- a/sql2java-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/sql2java-lib/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <properties>
-  </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/sql2java-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/sql2java-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 7ee1aec..f7faa59 100644
--- a/sql2java-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/sql2java-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -12,21 +12,47 @@
     <version>0.9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-descriptor</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>help-descriptor</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>helpmojo</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>[1.7.0,)</version>
+      <version>1.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>java2html</groupId>
       <artifactId>j2h</artifactId>
-      <version>[1.2,)</version>
+      <version>1.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>velocity</groupId>
       <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5</version>
+      <version>1.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>velocity</groupId>
@@ -36,36 +62,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>sqltool</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>[5.1,)</version>
+      <version>6.0.5</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.3</version>
+      <version>3.3.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3</version>
+      <version>3.5</version>
       <scope>provided</scope><!-- annotations are needed only to build the plugin -->
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <properties>
-  </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/sql2java-test/pom.xml b/sql2java-test/pom.xml
index 079be87..5aaffc0 100644
--- a/sql2java-test/pom.xml
+++ b/sql2java-test/pom.xml
@@ -10,40 +10,39 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.xgp</groupId>
     <artifactId>sql2java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.9.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.xgp</groupId>
       <artifactId>sql2java-lib</artifactId>
       <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>sqltool</artifactId>
-      <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>      
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.1</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
 	  <execution>
 	    <id>add-source</id>
@@ -131,8 +130,4 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <properties>
-    <hsqldb.version>2.3.2</hsqldb.version>
-  </properties>
-
 </project>