diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34a934c0d..6518f652d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
+        <version>2.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <xdocDirectory>${basedir}/src/xdocs</xdocDirectory>
           <validate>true</validate>
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!-- version>1.3</version -->
+        <version>1.6</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>ant-phase-compile</id>
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version>
+        <version>2.8</version>
         <configuration>
           <systemProperties>
             <property>
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <phase>package</phase>
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@
           <!-- Creates the binary and source distributions -->
           <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.1</version>
             <configuration>
               <descriptors>
                 <descriptor>config/assembly-bin.xml</descriptor>
@@ -516,6 +518,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>