diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ef5011f18a..e95e19d084a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.0.5</maven>
+		<maven>3.1.1</maven>
 	</prerequisites>
 
 	<groupId>org.eclipse.tools.templates</groupId>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<tycho-version>0.24.0</tycho-version>
+		<tycho-version>0.25.0</tycho-version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<licenses>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.eclipse.cbi.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>eclipse-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.1.1</version>
+						<version>1.1.3</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign</id>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 				<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>
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@
 				<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>2.3.2</version>
+					<version>3.0.3</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>2.5</version>
+					<version>3.6</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
 						<minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>