diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f44f251ae..19515a6a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.1</version>
+					<version>3.6.0</version>
                      <configuration>
                         <artifactSet>
 							<excludes>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 					<plugin>
 					   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					   <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-					   <version>2.4</version>
+					   <version>3.4.2</version>
 					   <executions>
 							   <execution>
 									   <id>test-jar</id>
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.3.1</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -268,21 +268,21 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.8</version>
+				<version>3.7.0</version>
                  <configuration>
                      <minmemory>128m</minmemory>
                      <maxmemory>512</maxmemory>
                      <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
                      <quiet>true</quiet>
-                     <source>1.5</source>
+                     <source>8</source>
                      <verbose>false</verbose>
                      <linksource>true</linksource>
                      <show>public</show>
-                     <links>
+                     <!-- <links>
                          <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/</link>
                          <link>http://nativelibs4java.sourceforge.net/bridj/api/stable/</link>
                          <link>http://nativelibs4java.sourceforge.net/javacl/api/stable/</link>
-                     </links>
+                     </links> -->
                      <excludePackageNames>com.nativelibs4java.opencl.library</excludePackageNames>
                  
                  </configuration>
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2</version>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.5</source>
-					<target>1.5</target>
+					<source>8</source>
+					<target>8</target>
 					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.18.1</version>
+				<version>3.3.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!--<argLine>-d32</argLine>-->
                 </configuration>
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.4</version>
+						<version>3.2.4</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ Most of these wrappers are created automatically by JNAerator.
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.2</version>
+						<version>3.0.0</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign</id>