diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21d495cbbcb..6b5be7c098d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.1.1</maven>
+		<maven>3.3.1</maven>
 	</prerequisites>
 
 	<groupId>org.eclipse.tools.templates</groupId>
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.0.4</version>
+					<version>3.0.5</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
 						<failOnError>false</failOnError>
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.7</version>
+					<version>3.9</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
 						<minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>