diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b4f48a7..96a6ee8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
     <groupId>net.bramp.ffmpeg</groupId>
     <artifactId>ffmpeg</artifactId>
     <version>0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <prerequisites>
         <maven>3.0.5</maven>
     </prerequisites>
 
     <name>FFmpeg Wrapper</name>
-    <description>Simple Java Wrapper around the FFmpeg command line</description>
+    <description>Simple Java wrapper around FFmpeg command-line interface</description>
     <url>https://github.com/bramp/ffmpeg-cli-wrapper</url>
 
     <scm>
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>The BSD 2-Clause License</name>
-            <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause</url>
+            <url>https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause</url>
             <distribution>repo</distribution>
         </license>
     </licenses>
@@ -40,13 +39,12 @@
 
     <properties>
         <powermock.version>1.5.2</powermock.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -88,16 +86,10 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test Scope -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <version>1.1.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -144,7 +136,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6.1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -154,12 +146,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.7</version>
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4</version>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -172,7 +164,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -195,7 +187,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -209,7 +201,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>3.0.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
@@ -223,7 +215,7 @@
                 <!-- mvn clean javadoc:aggregate scm-publish:publish-scm -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.3</version>
+                <version>2.10.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <reportOutputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs
                     </reportOutputDirectory>
@@ -294,7 +286,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.2</version>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
                     <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
@@ -306,7 +298,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.6</version>
+                <version>1.6.7</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <serverId>ossrh</serverId>