diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
index ce1f2288d2f..1620408c7e4 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.8</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>clean</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30e4e91198a..ffabd3d4844 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>0.7.1.201405082137</version>
+				<version>0.7.4.201502262128</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>pre-test</id>
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.4.1</version>
+					<version>2.7</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>
 					</configuration>
@@ -582,12 +582,12 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>1.3</version>
+					<version>1.8</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.5.2</version>
+					<version>3.0.0</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
 						<excludeFilterFile>releng/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.7.1</version>
+					<version>3.4</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
 						<minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml
index 39fc50c533d..cb6411da74f 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.7</version>
+						<version>1.8</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<phase>verify</phase>
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/pom.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/pom.xml
index db0eac156a2..daff8861554 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.target/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 			<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			<version>1.9</version>
+			<version>1.9.1</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-artifacts</id>