diff --git a/dkpro-core-api-datasets-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-api-datasets-asl/pom.xml
index 1127528a55..2fe993e3d5 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-api-datasets-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-api-datasets-asl/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.junrar</groupId>
       <artifactId>junrar</artifactId>
-      <version>0.7</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/pom.xml
index 7d6fcce478..42eb7a8d4c 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/pom.xml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceObjectProviderBase.java b/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceObjectProviderBase.java
index 93818ff731..5747f5b0a4 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceObjectProviderBase.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceObjectProviderBase.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public abstract class ResourceObjectProviderBase<M>
      * resolved when {@link #configure()} is called. (optional)
      */
     public static final String GROUP_ID = "groupId";
+    public static final String COMPONENT_GROUP_ID = "componentGroupId";
 
     /**
      * The artifact ID of the Maven artifact containing a resource. Variables in the location are
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ public abstract class ResourceObjectProviderBase<M>
     protected void init()
     {
         setDefault(GROUP_ID, "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core");
+        setDefault(COMPONENT_GROUP_ID, "org.dkpro.core");
         setDefault(ARTIFACT_URI,
                 "mvn:${" + GROUP_ID + "}:${" + ARTIFACT_ID + "}:${" + VERSION + "}");
     }
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ public void applyAutoOverrides(Object aObject)
         }
     }
     
-    protected List<URL> getPomUrlsForClass(String aModelGroup, String aModelArtifact,
+    protected List<URL> getPomUrlsForClass(String aComponentGroupId, String aModelArtifactId,
             Class<?> aClass)
         throws IOException
     {
@@ -418,7 +420,7 @@ protected List<URL> getPomUrlsForClass(String aModelGroup, String aModelArtifact
             Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(base);
             if (matcher.matches()) {
                 String artifactIdAndVersion = matcher.group("ID");
-                String pomPattern = base + "META-INF/maven/" + aModelGroup + "/"
+                String pomPattern = base + "META-INF/maven/" + aComponentGroupId + "/"
                         + artifactIdAndVersion + "/pom.xml";
                 lookupPatterns.add(pomPattern);
                 ResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
@@ -434,9 +436,9 @@ protected List<URL> getPomUrlsForClass(String aModelGroup, String aModelArtifact
         // models from the StanfordNLP module).
         if (urls.isEmpty()) {
             // This is the default strategy supposed to look in the JAR
-            String moduleArtifactId = aModelArtifact.split("-")[0];
-            String pomPattern = base + "META-INF/maven/" + aModelGroup + "/" + moduleArtifactId +
-                    "*/pom.xml";
+            String moduleArtifactId = aModelArtifactId.split("-")[0];
+            String pomPattern = base + "META-INF/maven/" + aComponentGroupId + "/"
+                    + moduleArtifactId + "*/pom.xml";
             lookupPatterns.add(pomPattern);
             ResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
             Resource[] resources = resolver.getResources(pomPattern);
@@ -468,11 +470,11 @@ protected List<URL> getPomUrlsForClass(String aModelGroup, String aModelArtifact
      *             the POM, or if no context object was set.
      * @return the version of the required model.
      */
-    protected String getModelVersionFromMavenPom(String aModelGroup, String aModelArtifact,
-            Class<?> aClass)
+    protected String getModelVersionFromMavenPom(String aComponentGroupId, String aModelGroupId,
+            String aModelArtifactId, Class<?> aClass)
         throws IOException
     {
-        List<URL> urls = getPomUrlsForClass(aModelGroup, aModelArtifact, contextClass);
+        List<URL> urls = getPomUrlsForClass(aComponentGroupId, aModelArtifactId, contextClass);
 
         for (URL pomUrl : urls) {
             // Parse the POM
@@ -492,8 +494,8 @@ protected String getModelVersionFromMavenPom(String aModelGroup, String aModelAr
                 List<Dependency> deps = model.getDependencyManagement().getDependencies();
                 for (Dependency dep : deps) {
                     if (
-                            StringUtils.equals(dep.getGroupId(), aModelGroup) && 
-                            StringUtils.equals(dep.getArtifactId(), aModelArtifact)
+                            StringUtils.equals(dep.getGroupId(), aModelGroupId) && 
+                            StringUtils.equals(dep.getArtifactId(), aModelArtifactId)
                     ) {
                         return dep.getVersion();
                     }
@@ -790,12 +792,22 @@ private Properties resolveDependency(Properties aProps)
                 resolved.getProperty(ARTIFACT_URI, "").contains("${" + VERSION + "}") && 
                 isNull(resolved.getProperty(VERSION))
         ) {
-            String groupId = pph.replacePlaceholders(aProps.getProperty(GROUP_ID), resolved);
+            String modelGroupId = pph.replacePlaceholders(aProps.getProperty(GROUP_ID), resolved);
+            String componentGroupId;
+            
+            if (aProps.getProperty(COMPONENT_GROUP_ID) != null) {
+                componentGroupId = pph.replacePlaceholders(aProps.getProperty(COMPONENT_GROUP_ID),
+                        resolved);
+            }
+            else {
+                componentGroupId = modelGroupId;
+            }
+            
             String artifactId = pph.replacePlaceholders(aProps.getProperty(ARTIFACT_ID), resolved);
             try {
                 // If the version is to be auto-detected, then we must have a groupId and artifactId
-                resolved.put(VERSION,
-                        getModelVersionFromMavenPom(groupId, artifactId, contextClass));
+                resolved.put(VERSION, getModelVersionFromMavenPom(componentGroupId, modelGroupId,
+                        artifactId, contextClass));
             }
             catch (Throwable e) {
                 log.error("Unable to obtain version from POM", e);
diff --git a/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceUtilsTest.java b/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceUtilsTest.java
index 60efa7aab9..2e9b756bbb 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceUtilsTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-api-resources-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/resources/ResourceUtilsTest.java
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 package org.dkpro.core.api.resources;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -103,13 +102,13 @@ public void testGetUrlAsExecutable()
         URL url = new URL("jar:file:src/test/resources/testfiles.zip!/testfiles/"
                 + "FileSetCollectionReaderBase.class");
         File file = ResourceUtils.getUrlAsExecutable(url, false);
-        assertThat(file.getName().endsWith("temp"), is(true));
+        
+        assertThat(file.getName()).endsWith("temp");
 
         URL url2 = new URL("jar:file:src/test/resources/testfiles.zip!/testfiles/"
                 + "ResourceCollectionReaderBase.class");
         file = ResourceUtils.getUrlAsExecutable(url2, true);
-        assertThat(file.getName().endsWith("temp"), is(true));
-
+        
+        assertThat(file.getName()).endsWith("temp");
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/pom.xml
index e988a588ad..887c2ec3ff 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/segmentation/CompoundTest.java b/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/segmentation/CompoundTest.java
index 799d3c1984..64704d52ce 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/segmentation/CompoundTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/api/segmentation/CompoundTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
  */
 package org.dkpro.core.api.segmentation;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Compound.CompoundSplitLevel.ALL;
+import static de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Compound.CompoundSplitLevel.HIGHEST;
+import static de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Compound.CompoundSplitLevel.LOWEST;
+import static de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Compound.CompoundSplitLevel.NONE;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -33,13 +36,11 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Compound;
-import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Compound.CompoundSplitLevel;
 import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.CompoundPart;
 import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Split;
 
 public class CompoundTest
 {
-
     private Compound compound;
 
     @Before
@@ -66,62 +67,39 @@ public void setUpCompound() throws UIMAException
         compound.setSplits(FSCollectionFactory.createFSArray(jcas, splits));
         compound.addToIndexes();
         jcasBuilder.close();
-
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testAll() throws UIMAException
     {
-
-        final String[] splitsList = new String[] { "getränk", "automat", "auto", "mat" };
-        assertThat(coveredTextArrayFromAnnotations(
-                compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(CompoundSplitLevel.ALL)), is(splitsList));
-
+        assertThat(compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(ALL))
+                .extracting(Annotation::getCoveredText)
+                .containsExactly("getränk", "automat", "auto", "mat");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testLowest() throws UIMAException
     {
-
-        final String[] splitsList = new String[] { "getränk", "auto", "mat" };
-        assertThat(
-                coveredTextArrayFromAnnotations(
-                        compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(CompoundSplitLevel.LOWEST)),
-                is(splitsList));
+        assertThat(compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(LOWEST))
+                .extracting(Annotation::getCoveredText)
+                .containsExactly("getränk", "auto", "mat");
 
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testHighest() throws UIMAException
     {
-
-        final String[] splitsList = new String[] { "getränk", "automat" };
-        assertThat(
-                coveredTextArrayFromAnnotations(
-                        compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(CompoundSplitLevel.HIGHEST)),
-                is(splitsList));
+        assertThat(compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(HIGHEST))
+                .extracting(Annotation::getCoveredText)
+                .containsExactly("getränk", "automat");
 
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testNone() throws UIMAException
     {
-
-        final String[] splitsList = new String[] {};
-        assertThat(
-                coveredTextArrayFromAnnotations(
-                        compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(CompoundSplitLevel.NONE)),
-                is(splitsList));
-
-    }
-
-    public <T extends Annotation> String[] coveredTextArrayFromAnnotations(final T[] annotations)
-    {
-        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
-        for (T annotation : annotations) {
-            list.add(annotation.getCoveredText());
-        }
-        return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
+        assertThat(compound.getSplitsWithoutMorpheme(NONE))
+                .extracting(Annotation::getCoveredText)
+                .isEmpty();
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-asl/pom.xml
index 1c255a231a..a03fe98eba 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-asl/pom.xml
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@
     <module>../dkpro-core-ixa-asl</module>
     <module>../dkpro-core-jazzy-asl</module>
     <module>../dkpro-core-jtok-asl</module>
+    <module>../dkpro-core-jieba-asl</module>
     <module>../dkpro-core-languagetool-asl</module>
     <module>../dkpro-core-langdetect-asl</module>
     <module>../dkpro-core-ldweb1t-asl</module>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/pom.xml
index df1763863b..ddfde4ce71 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   <name>DKPro Core GPL - Stanford CoreNLP Suite (v ${corenlp.version}) (GPL)</name>
   <url>https://dkpro.github.io/dkpro-core/</url>
   <properties>
-    <corenlp.version>3.9.1</corenlp.version>
+    <corenlp.version>3.9.2</corenlp.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-coref-en-default</artifactId>
-        <version>20180227.1</version>
+        <version>20181005.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
@@ -358,17 +358,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-tagger-en-bidirectional-distsim</artifactId>
-        <version>20140616.1</version>
+        <version>20181002.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-tagger-en-left3words-distsim</artifactId>
-        <version>20140616.1</version>
+        <version>20181002.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-tagger-en-caseless-left3words-distsim</artifactId>
-        <version>20140827.0</version>
+        <version>20181002.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpNamedEntityRecognizer.java b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpNamedEntityRecognizer.java
index 1c40b57f51..0fa5e11cd1 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpNamedEntityRecognizer.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpNamedEntityRecognizer.java
@@ -195,17 +195,6 @@ public class CoreNlpNamedEntityRecognizer
     // on, off, auto
     private boolean useSUTime = false; // = NumberSequenceClassifier.USE_SUTIME_DEFAULT;
 
-//    /**
-//     * Whether to read the default regular expression gazetteer.
-//     * 
-//     * @see edu.stanford.nlp.pipeline.DefaultPaths#DEFAULT_NER_GAZETTE_MAPPING
-//     */
-//    public static final String PARAM_AUGMENT_REGEX_NER = "augmentRegexNER";
-//    @ConfigurationParameter(name = PARAM_AUGMENT_REGEX_NER, mandatory = true, defaultValue = "false")
-    // Commented out since the default gazetter is currently only in the original Stanford model
-    // JARs
-    private boolean augmentRegexNER = false; // = NERClassifierCombiner.APPLY_GAZETTE_PROPERTY;
-
     private boolean verbose = false;
     
     private ModelProviderBase<NERCombinerAnnotator> annotatorProvider;
@@ -318,7 +307,7 @@ protected NERCombinerAnnotator produceResource(URL aUrl) throws IOException
             }
 
             NERClassifierCombiner combiner = new NERClassifierCombiner(applyNumericClassifiers,
-                    useSUTime, augmentRegexNER, classifier);
+                    useSUTime, classifier);
             
             NERCombinerAnnotator annotator = new NERCombinerAnnotator(combiner, verbose,
                     numThreads, maxTime, maxSentenceLength, false, false);
diff --git a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml
index ef13e666f8..fa239479a0 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
     - Upstream versions - meta data versions are maintained per model below 
     -->
   <!-- http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml -->
-  <property name="core.arabic.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.chinese.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.english.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.french.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.german.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.spanish.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
+  <property name="core.arabic.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.chinese.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.english.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.french.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.german.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.spanish.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
 
   <!-- 
     - Output package configuration
diff --git a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpCoreferenceResolverTest.java b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpCoreferenceResolverTest.java
index 71f68cc7d1..d80c5db3ce 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpCoreferenceResolverTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-corenlp-gpl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/corenlp/CoreNlpCoreferenceResolverTest.java
@@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ public void testTriggerReparse()
         JCas jcas = runTest("en", "'Let's go! I want to see the Don', he said.");
 
         String[][] ref = {
-                { "'Let's go" },
-                { "'Let's" },
+                { "'" },
+                { "Let's go" },
+                { "Let's" },
                 { "I" },
                 { "the Don'", "he" } };
 
         String[] pennTree = { 
-                "(ROOT (FRAG (NP (NP ('' ') (NNP Let) (POS 's)) (NN go)) (. !)))", 
+                "(ROOT (S (S (NP (POS ')) (NP (NP (NNP Let) (POS 's)) (NN go))) (. !)))", 
                 "(ROOT (S (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBP want) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB see) (NP (DT the) "
                 + "(NX (NNP Don) (POS ')))))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD said)) (. .)))"
         };
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/pom.xml
index 8367529ecb..c6d1ae73b9 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/pom.xml
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/dictionary/SimpleDictionaryTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/dictionary/SimpleDictionaryTest.java
index 50f7e196e5..21faa318e6 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/dictionary/SimpleDictionaryTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/dictionary/SimpleDictionaryTest.java
@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@
 
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.dictionary;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.dkpro.core.api.resources.ResourceUtils;
 import org.dkpro.core.decompounding.dictionary.SimpleDictionary;
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -47,18 +46,17 @@ public void setUp() throws IOException
     @Test
     public void testContains()
     {
-        Assert.assertEquals(72508, dict.getAll().size());
+        assertEquals(72508, dict.getAll().size());
 
-        Assert.assertTrue(dict.contains("worauf"));
-        Assert.assertTrue(dict.contains("woraufhin"));
-        Assert.assertTrue(dict.contains("woraus"));
+        assertTrue(dict.contains("worauf"));
+        assertTrue(dict.contains("woraufhin"));
+        assertTrue(dict.contains("woraus"));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testDictionary()
     {
-        assertThat(dict.getAll().size(), not(0));
-        assertThat(dict.contains("zu"), is(true));
+        assertThat(dict.getAll()).isNotEmpty();
+        assertThat(dict.contains("zu")).isTrue();
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/BananaSplitterTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/BananaSplitterTest.java
index 9f7b245bf1..3429590190 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/BananaSplitterTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/BananaSplitterTest.java
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
  **/
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ public void testSplitter() throws IOException
         splitter.setDictionary(new SimpleDictionary("Garage", "einfahrt"));
 
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("Garageneinfahrt").getAllSplits();
+        
         assertEquals(2, result.size());
         assertEquals("Garageneinfahrt", result.get(0).toString());
         assertEquals("garage(n)+einfahrt", result.get(1).toString());
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ public void testSplitter2() throws IOException
         Dictionary dict = new SimpleDictionary(dictFile, "UTF-8");
         BananaSplitterAlgorithm splitter = new BananaSplitterAlgorithm();
         splitter.setDictionary(dict);
+        
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("geräteelektronik").getAllSplits();
-        assertThat(result.size(), is(1));
+        
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DataDrivenAlgorithmTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DataDrivenAlgorithmTest.java
index 3bcc5dabfc..fb64f155f9 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DataDrivenAlgorithmTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DataDrivenAlgorithmTest.java
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@
 import org.dkpro.core.api.resources.ResourceUtils;
 import org.dkpro.core.decompounding.dictionary.LinkingMorphemes;
 import org.dkpro.core.decompounding.dictionary.SimpleDictionary;
-import org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter.DataDrivenSplitterAlgorithm;
-import org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter.DecompoundedWord;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class DataDrivenAlgorithmTest
@@ -64,6 +61,7 @@ public void testSplit2() throws IOException
         LinkingMorphemes morphemes = new LinkingMorphemes(morphemesFile);
         DataDrivenSplitterAlgorithm splitter = new DataDrivenSplitterAlgorithm(dict, morphemes);
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("geräteelektronik").getAllSplits();
-        assertThat(result.size(), is(1));
+
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DecompoundedWordTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DecompoundedWordTest.java
index be6ab8e886..2775c27aea 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DecompoundedWordTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/DecompoundedWordTest.java
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -145,8 +144,9 @@ public void testIsCompound()
     {
         DecompoundedWord s1 = DecompoundedWord.createFromString("Aktion(s)+plan");
         DecompoundedWord s2 = DecompoundedWord.createFromString("Aktionsplan");
-        assertThat(s1.isCompound(), is(true));
-        assertThat(s2.isCompound(), is(false));
+        
+        assertThat(s1.isCompound()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(s2.isCompound()).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ public void testHasLastFragmentMorpheme()
     {
         DecompoundedWord s1 = DecompoundedWord.createFromString("Aktion(s)+plan");
         DecompoundedWord s2 = DecompoundedWord.createFromString("unter+flur+konvektor(en)");
-        assertThat(s1.hasLastFragmentMorpheme(), is(false));
-        assertThat(s2.hasLastFragmentMorpheme(), is(true));
+        
+        assertThat(s1.hasLastFragmentMorpheme()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(s2.hasLastFragmentMorpheme()).isTrue();
     }
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/FragmentTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/FragmentTest.java
index 855f309916..a08e27e65a 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/FragmentTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/FragmentTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
 import org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter.Fragment;
-import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public void testEquals()
     public void testCreateFromString()
     {
         Fragment fragm = Fragment.createFromString("(");
-        Assert.assertThat(fragm.getWord(), CoreMatchers.is("("));
+    
+        assertThat(fragm.getWord()).isEqualTo("(");
     }
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/JWordSplitterTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/JWordSplitterTest.java
index 8f0885412a..9c79fd8cf5 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/JWordSplitterTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/JWordSplitterTest.java
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
  **/
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ public void testSplitter()
     {
         JWordSplitterAlgorithm splitter = new JWordSplitterAlgorithm();
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("Aktionsplan").getAllSplits();
+        
         assertEquals(2, result.size());
         assertEquals("Aktionsplan", result.get(0).toString());
         assertEquals("Aktion(s)+plan", result.get(1).toString());
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ public void testSplliter2() throws IOException {
         final File dictFile = ResourceUtils.getUrlAsFile(getClass().getResource(
                 "/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/dkpro/core/decompounding/lib/spelling-de-igerman98.dic"),
                 false);
-        ;
 
         Dictionary dict = new SimpleDictionary(dictFile, "UTF-8");
         splitter.setDictionary(dict);
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("geräteelektronik").getAllSplits();
-        assertThat(result.size(),is(1));
+        
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ public void testSplliter3() throws IOException {
         final File dictFile = ResourceUtils.getUrlAsFile(getClass().getResource(
                 "/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/dkpro/core/decompounding/lib/spelling-de-igerman98.dic"),
                 false);
-        ;
 
         Dictionary dict = new SimpleDictionary(dictFile, "UTF-8");
         splitter.setDictionary(dict);
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("Schwerwiegend").getAllSplits();
-        assertThat(result.size(),is(1));
+        
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/LeftToRightSplitAlgorithmTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/LeftToRightSplitAlgorithmTest.java
index 11dc8012e7..aeee010c7d 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/LeftToRightSplitAlgorithmTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/splitter/LeftToRightSplitAlgorithmTest.java
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ public void testMorphemes1()
                 morphemes);
 
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = algo.split("alarmreaktionen").getAllSplits();
+        
         // Super+mann+anzug, Supermann+anzug
         assertEquals(3, result.size());
         assertEquals("alarmreaktionen", result.get(0).toString());
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ public void testSplit4() throws IOException
 
         List<DecompoundedWord> result = splitter.split("geräteelektronik").getAllSplits();
 
-        assertThat(result.size(),is(1));
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/uima/annotator/CompoundAnnotatorTest.java b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/uima/annotator/CompoundAnnotatorTest.java
index a967a705dd..2a1168b0c0 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/uima/annotator/CompoundAnnotatorTest.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-decompounding-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/decompounding/uima/annotator/CompoundAnnotatorTest.java
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 
 import static org.apache.uima.fit.factory.AnalysisEngineFactory.createEngineDescription;
 import static org.apache.uima.fit.factory.ExternalResourceFactory.createResourceDescription;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -159,14 +158,15 @@ private void runAnnotator(AnalysisEngineDescription aed, String[] splits,
         ae.typeSystemInit(cas.getTypeSystem());
         ae.process(cas);
 
-        String[] compounds = new String[] {"Aktionsplan", "Doppelprozessormaschine"};
-        String[] linkingMorphemes = new String[] {"s"};
-
         // Check if splits and morphemes are equal
-        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), Compound.class), is(compounds));
-        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), Split.class), is(splits));
-        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), CompoundPart.class), is(compoundsParts));
-        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), LinkingMorpheme.class), is(linkingMorphemes));
+        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), Compound.class))
+                .containsExactly("Aktionsplan", "Doppelprozessormaschine");
+        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), Split.class))
+                .containsExactly(splits);
+        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), CompoundPart.class))
+                .containsExactly(compoundsParts);
+        assertThat(getAnnotation(cas.getJCas(), LinkingMorpheme.class))
+                .containsExactly("s");
     }
 
     protected <T extends Annotation> String[] getAnnotation(JCas aCas, Class<T> aClass)
@@ -193,5 +193,4 @@ public static void tearDown()
 
         index.delete();
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/dkpro-core-icu-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-icu-asl/pom.xml
index 81ad7fdbb8..9ce6f673b7 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-icu-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-icu-asl/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>dkpro-core-icu-asl</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>DKPro Core ASL - ICU</name>
+  <name>DKPro Core ASL - ICU (v ${icu4j.version}) (ASL)</name>
   <url>https://dkpro.github.io/dkpro-core/</url>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Reader.java b/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Reader.java
index 61203ea0d6..2a5c9e250b 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Reader.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Reader.java
@@ -79,13 +79,16 @@
 @MimeTypeCapability({MimeTypes.TEXT_X_CONLL_2012})
 @TypeCapability(
         outputs = { 
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.coref.type.CoreferenceChain",
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.lexmorph.type.pos.POS",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.metadata.type.DocumentMetaData",
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.ner.type.NamedEntity",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Sentence",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Token",
-                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.lexmorph.type.pos.POS",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Lemma",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.SemPred",
-                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.SemArg"})
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.SemArg",
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.WordSense" })
 public class Conll2012Reader
     extends JCasResourceCollectionReader_ImplBase
 {
diff --git a/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Writer.java b/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Writer.java
index f2d0df5a3b..c1630c43ef 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Writer.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-io-conll-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/conll/Conll2012Writer.java
@@ -70,13 +70,16 @@
 @MimeTypeCapability({MimeTypes.TEXT_X_CONLL_2012})
 @TypeCapability(
         inputs = { 
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.coref.type.CoreferenceChain",
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.lexmorph.type.pos.POS",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.metadata.type.DocumentMetaData",
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.ner.type.NamedEntity",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Sentence",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Token",
-                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.lexmorph.type.pos.POS",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Lemma",
                 "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.SemPred",
-                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.SemArg" })
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.SemArg",
+                "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.semantics.type.WordSense" })
 public class Conll2012Writer
     extends JCasFileWriter_ImplBase
 {
diff --git a/dkpro-core-io-lxf-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/lxf/internal/DKPro2Lxf.java b/dkpro-core-io-lxf-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/lxf/internal/DKPro2Lxf.java
index cf7106f5f1..f727c5b71d 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-io-lxf-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/lxf/internal/DKPro2Lxf.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-io-lxf-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/lxf/internal/DKPro2Lxf.java
@@ -64,13 +64,12 @@ public static void convert(JCas aJCas, LxfGraph aSource, LxfGraph aTarget)
      * the layer was present in the source than the tool from the source will be used for the layer.
      * Otherwise the toolName will be used.
      * 
-     * @param toolName
+     * @param aToolName
      *            - Tool name for new layers
      * @param aSource
      *            - original lxf for DKPro
-     * @return
      */
-    public static Map<String, String> createIdMap(String toolName, LxfGraph aSource)
+    public static Map<String, String> createIdMap(String aToolName, LxfGraph aSource)
     {
         Map<String, String> ids = new HashMap<>();
         if (aSource != null) {
@@ -79,16 +78,16 @@ public static Map<String, String> createIdMap(String toolName, LxfGraph aSource)
             }
         }
         if (!ids.containsKey(LAYER_DEPENDENCY)) {
-            ids.put(LAYER_DEPENDENCY, toolName);
+            ids.put(LAYER_DEPENDENCY, aToolName);
         }
         if (!ids.containsKey(LAYER_MORPHOLOGY)) {
-            ids.put(LAYER_MORPHOLOGY, toolName);
+            ids.put(LAYER_MORPHOLOGY, aToolName);
         }
         if (!ids.containsKey(LAYER_SENTENCE)) {
-            ids.put(LAYER_SENTENCE, toolName);
+            ids.put(LAYER_SENTENCE, aToolName);
         }
         if (!ids.containsKey(LAYER_TOKEN)) {
-            ids.put(LAYER_TOKEN, toolName);
+            ids.put(LAYER_TOKEN, aToolName);
         }
         return ids;
     }
@@ -104,20 +103,20 @@ public static Map<String, String> createIdMap(String toolName, LxfGraph aSource)
      *            the target LXF.
      * @param aToolName
      *            the name of the tool generating the new annotation
-     * @param ids
+     * @param aIds
      *            The ids of the tool responsible for generation of the annotation Layer. The key is
      *            the annotation layer. The value is the tool that generates the annotation.
      */
     public static void convert(JCas aJCas, LxfGraph aSource, LxfGraph aTarget,
-            Map<String, String> ids, String aToolName)
+            Map<String, String> aIds, String aToolName)
     {
         if (aSource == null) {
             aTarget.setMedia(new LxfText(aJCas.getDocumentText()));
         }
 
-        ToolGeneratorIndex toolEdgeIndex = new ToolGeneratorIndex(ids.values());
-        ToolGeneratorIndex toolNodeIndex = new ToolGeneratorIndex(ids.values());
-        ToolGeneratorIndex toolRegionIndex = new ToolGeneratorIndex(ids.values());
+        ToolGeneratorIndex toolEdgeIndex = new ToolGeneratorIndex(aIds.values());
+        ToolGeneratorIndex toolNodeIndex = new ToolGeneratorIndex(aIds.values());
+        ToolGeneratorIndex toolRegionIndex = new ToolGeneratorIndex(aIds.values());
         NodeIterator iter = new NodeIterator(aSource);
 
         Map<Sentence, List<Token>> idxSentTok = indexCovered(aJCas, Sentence.class, Token.class);
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ public static void convert(JCas aJCas, LxfGraph aSource, LxfGraph aTarget,
         for (Sentence sentence : select(aJCas, Sentence.class)) {
             LxfNode sentenceNode;
 
-            String toolid = ids.get(LAYER_SENTENCE);
+            String toolid = aIds.get(LAYER_SENTENCE);
 
             if (aSource == null || needsExport(aJCas, sentence)) {
                 // Sentence region
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ public static void convert(JCas aJCas, LxfGraph aSource, LxfGraph aTarget,
             for (Token token : tokens) {
                 // Convert or obtain token node
                 LxfNode tokenNode;
-                toolid = ids.get(LAYER_TOKEN);
+                toolid = aIds.get(LAYER_TOKEN);
 
                 if (aSource == null || needsExport(aJCas, token)) {
                     LxfRegion tokenRegion = new LxfRegion(toolid, toolRegionIndex.nextIndex(toolid),
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ public static void convert(JCas aJCas, LxfGraph aSource, LxfGraph aTarget,
                     tokenNode = iter.next(toolid, LAYER_TOKEN);
                 }
 
-                toolid = ids.get(LAYER_MORPHOLOGY);
+                toolid = aIds.get(LAYER_MORPHOLOGY);
 
                 // Convert POS if exists - if we create a node, pass it on to the lemma conversion
                 // as well
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ public static void convert(JCas aJCas, LxfGraph aSource, LxfGraph aTarget,
 
             }
 
-            toolid = ids.get(LAYER_DEPENDENCY);
+            toolid = aIds.get(LAYER_DEPENDENCY);
 
             // Dependencies
             Collection<Dependency> deps = idxSentDep.get(sentence);
diff --git a/dkpro-core-io-webanno-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/webanno/tsv/internal/tsv3x/Tsv3XCasDocumentBuilder.java b/dkpro-core-io-webanno-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/webanno/tsv/internal/tsv3x/Tsv3XCasDocumentBuilder.java
index 5a2ad63bff..6d7ce95abe 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-io-webanno-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/webanno/tsv/internal/tsv3x/Tsv3XCasDocumentBuilder.java
+++ b/dkpro-core-io-webanno-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/io/webanno/tsv/internal/tsv3x/Tsv3XCasDocumentBuilder.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -140,8 +141,24 @@ public static TsvDocument of(TsvSchema aSchema, JCas aJCas)
                     end = targetFS.getEnd();
                 }
                 
-                TsvToken beginToken = tokenBeginIndex.floorEntry(begin).getValue();
-                TsvToken endToken = tokenEndIndex.ceilingEntry(end).getValue();
+                Entry<Integer, TsvToken> beginTokenEntry = tokenBeginIndex.floorEntry(begin);
+                if (beginTokenEntry == null) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(
+                            "Unable to find begin token starting at or before " + begin
+                                    + " (first token starts at "
+                                    + tokenBeginIndex.pollFirstEntry().getKey()
+                                    + ") for annotation: " + annotation);
+                }
+
+                Entry<Integer, TsvToken> endTokenEntry = tokenEndIndex.ceilingEntry(end);
+                if (endTokenEntry == null) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to find end token ending at or after "
+                            + end + " (last token ends at " + tokenEndIndex.pollLastEntry().getKey()
+                            + ") for annotation: " + annotation);
+                }
+                
+                TsvToken beginToken = beginTokenEntry.getValue();
+                TsvToken endToken = endTokenEntry.getValue();
                 
                 // For zero-width annotations, the begin token must match the end token.
                 // Zero-width annotations between two directly adjacent tokens are always
diff --git a/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/LICENSE.txt b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d645695673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+
+                                 Apache License
+                           Version 2.0, January 2004
+                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/
+
+   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
+
+   1. Definitions.
+
+      "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
+      and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.
+
+      "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
+      the copyright owner that is granting the License.
+
+      "Legal Entity" shall mean the union of the acting entity and all
+      other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common
+      control with that entity. For the purposes of this definition,
+      "control" means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the
+      direction or management of such entity, whether by contract or
+      otherwise, or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
+      outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.
+
+      "You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity
+      exercising permissions granted by this License.
+
+      "Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
+      including but not limited to software source code, documentation
+      source, and configuration files.
+
+      "Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical
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diff --git a/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85543f3cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Technische Universität Darmstadt under one
+  or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership. The Technische Universität Darmstadt
+  licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.dkpro.core</groupId>
+    <artifactId>dkpro-core-asl</artifactId>
+    <version>1.11.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../dkpro-core-asl</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>dkpro-core-jieba-asl</artifactId>
+  <name>DKPro Core ASL - Jieba (v ${jieba.version}) (ASL)</name>
+  <url>https://dkpro.github.io/dkpro-core/</url>
+  <properties>
+    <jieba.version>1.0.2</jieba.version>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.huaban</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jieba-analysis</artifactId>
+      <version>${jieba.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
+      <artifactId>uimaj-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
+      <artifactId>uimafit-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.dkpro.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dkpro-core-api-segmentation-asl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>eu.openminted.share.annotations</groupId>
+      <artifactId>omtd-share-annotations-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.dkpro.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dkpro-core-testing-asl</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/jieba/JiebaSegmenter.java b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/jieba/JiebaSegmenter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d7fce7d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/src/main/java/org/dkpro/core/jieba/JiebaSegmenter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Technische Universität Darmstadt under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The Technische Universität Darmstadt 
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.
+ *  
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.dkpro.core.jieba;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.uima.UimaContext;
+import org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineProcessException;
+import org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.LanguageCapability;
+import org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.ResourceMetaData;
+import org.apache.uima.fit.descriptor.TypeCapability;
+import org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas;
+import org.apache.uima.jcas.tcas.Annotation;
+import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException;
+import org.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.SegmenterBase;
+
+import com.huaban.analysis.jieba.JiebaSegmenter.SegMode;
+import com.huaban.analysis.jieba.SegToken;
+
+import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Sentence;
+import eu.openminted.share.annotations.api.DocumentationResource;
+
+/**
+ * Segmenter for Japanese using <a href="https://github.com/huaban/jieba-analysis">Jieba</a>.
+ */
+@ResourceMetaData(name = "Jieba Segmenter")
+@DocumentationResource("${docbase}/component-reference.html#engine-${shortClassName}")
+@LanguageCapability("zh")
+@TypeCapability(outputs = { "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Sentence",
+        "de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Token" })
+public class JiebaSegmenter
+    extends SegmenterBase
+{
+    private com.huaban.analysis.jieba.JiebaSegmenter jieba;
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(UimaContext aContext) throws ResourceInitializationException
+    {
+        super.initialize(aContext);
+        jieba = new com.huaban.analysis.jieba.JiebaSegmenter();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void process(JCas aJCas, String text, int zoneBegin)
+        throws AnalysisEngineProcessException
+    {
+        int sentenceBegin = 0;
+        int sentenceEnd = text.indexOf("。");
+        while (sentenceEnd > sentenceBegin) {
+            String stext = text.substring(sentenceBegin, sentenceEnd + 1);
+
+            processSentence(aJCas, stext, zoneBegin + sentenceBegin);
+
+            sentenceBegin = sentenceEnd + 1;
+            sentenceEnd = text.indexOf("。", sentenceBegin);
+        }
+
+        if (sentenceBegin < text.length()) {
+            String stext = text.substring(sentenceBegin, text.length());
+            processSentence(aJCas, stext, zoneBegin + sentenceBegin);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Sentence processSentence(JCas aJCas, String text, int zoneBegin)
+    {
+        String innerText = text;
+        boolean addFinalToken = false;
+        if (innerText.endsWith("。")) {
+            innerText = text.substring(0, text.length() - 1);
+            addFinalToken = true;
+        }
+
+        Annotation firstToken = null;
+        Annotation lastToken = null;
+
+        List<SegToken> tokens = jieba.process(innerText, SegMode.SEARCH);
+        for (SegToken t : tokens) {
+            Annotation ut = createToken(aJCas, t.startOffset + zoneBegin, t.endOffset + zoneBegin);
+
+            // Tokenizer reports whitespace as tokens - we don't add whitespace-only tokens.
+            if (ut == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (firstToken == null) {
+                firstToken = ut;
+            }
+
+            lastToken = ut;
+        }
+
+        if (addFinalToken) {
+            lastToken = createToken(aJCas, zoneBegin + text.length() - 1,
+                    zoneBegin + text.length());
+        }
+
+        if (firstToken != null && lastToken != null) {
+            return createSentence(aJCas, firstToken.getBegin(), lastToken.getEnd());
+        }
+        else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/jieba/JiebaSegmenterTest.java b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/jieba/JiebaSegmenterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6fb386eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkpro-core-jieba-asl/src/test/java/org/dkpro/core/jieba/JiebaSegmenterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package org.dkpro.core.jieba;
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Technische Universität Darmstadt under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The Technische Universität Darmstadt 
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.
+ *  
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import static org.apache.uima.fit.factory.AnalysisEngineFactory.createEngine;
+import static org.apache.uima.fit.util.JCasUtil.select;
+import static org.dkpro.core.testing.AssertAnnotations.assertSentence;
+import static org.dkpro.core.testing.AssertAnnotations.assertToken;
+
+import org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngine;
+import org.apache.uima.fit.factory.JCasFactory;
+import org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas;
+import org.dkpro.core.testing.DkproTestContext;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Sentence;
+import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.api.segmentation.type.Token;
+
+public class JiebaSegmenterTest
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testChinese() throws Exception
+    {
+        JCas jcas = JCasFactory.createText("这是一个伸手不见五指的黑夜。我叫孙悟空，我爱北京，我爱Python"
+                + "和C++。我不喜欢日本和服。", "zh");
+
+        AnalysisEngine aed = createEngine(JiebaSegmenter.class);
+        aed.process(jcas);
+
+        String[] tokens = { "这是", "一个", "伸手不见五指", "的", "黑夜", "。", "我", "叫", "孙悟空", 
+                "，", "我", "爱", "北京", "，", "我", "爱", "Python", "和", "C++", "。", "我", "不", 
+                "喜欢", "日本", "和服", "。" };
+
+        assertToken(tokens, select(jcas, Token.class));
+
+        String[] sentences = { "这是一个伸手不见五指的黑夜。", "我叫孙悟空，我爱北京，我爱Python和C++。", 
+                "我不喜欢日本和服。" };
+        
+        assertSentence(sentences, select(jcas, Sentence.class));
+    }
+
+    @Rule
+    public DkproTestContext testContext = new DkproTestContext();
+}
diff --git a/dkpro-core-lancaster-asl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-lancaster-asl/pom.xml
index f7380d6ccd..250bce336f 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-lancaster-asl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-lancaster-asl/pom.xml
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>dkpro-core-lancaster-asl</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>DKPro Core ASL - Lancaster</name>
+  <name>DKPro Core ASL - Lancaster (v ${smile.version}) (ASL</name>
   <url>https://dkpro.github.io/dkpro-core/</url>
   <description>http://haifengl.github.io/smile</description>
+  <properties>
+    <smile.version>1.3.1</smile.version>
+  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.haifengl</groupId>
       <artifactId>smile-nlp</artifactId>
+      <version>${smile.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.dkpro.core</groupId>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/pom.xml b/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/pom.xml
index 697c6ec649..367a657e98 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/pom.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   <name>DKPro Core GPL - Stanford CoreNLP Suite (v ${corenlp.version}) - Classic API (GPL)</name>
   <url>https://dkpro.github.io/dkpro-core/</url>
   <properties>
-    <corenlp.version>3.9.1</corenlp.version>
+    <corenlp.version>3.9.2</corenlp.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-coref-en-default</artifactId>
-        <version>20180227.1</version>
+        <version>20181005.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
@@ -369,17 +369,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-tagger-en-bidirectional-distsim</artifactId>
-        <version>20140616.1</version>
+        <version>20181002.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-tagger-en-left3words-distsim</artifactId>
-        <version>20140616.1</version>
+        <version>20181002.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp-model-tagger-en-caseless-left3words-distsim</artifactId>
-        <version>20140827.0</version>
+        <version>20181002.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core</groupId>
diff --git a/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml b/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml
index a3fbe1c123..631378d6e6 100644
--- a/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml
+++ b/dkpro-core-stanfordnlp-gpl/src/scripts/build.xml
@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@
     - Upstream versions - meta data versions are maintained per model below 
     -->  
   <!-- http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/lex-parser.shtml -->
-  <property name="parser.version.real" value="3.9.1"/>
-  <property name="parser.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
+  <property name="parser.version.real" value="3.9.2"/>
+  <property name="parser.date" value="20181017"/>
   
   <!-- http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml -->
-  <property name="core.version.real" value="3.9.1"/>
-  <property name="core.version" value="20180227"/>
-  <property name="core.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
+  <property name="core.version.real" value="3.9.2"/>
+  <property name="core.version" value="20181005"/>
+  <property name="core.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
 
-  <property name="core.arabic.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.chinese.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.english.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.french.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.german.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
-  <property name="core.spanish.date" value="2018-02-27"/>
+  <property name="core.arabic.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.chinese.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.english.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.french.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.german.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
+  <property name="core.spanish.date" value="2018-10-05"/>
   
   <!-- 
     - Output package configuration
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
   <target name="newmodels">
     <property name="install-artifact-mode" value="remote"/>
     
+    <antcall target="tagger-en-bidirectional-distsim"/>
+    <antcall target="tagger-en-left3words-distsim"/>
+    <antcall target="tagger-en-caseless-left3words-distsim"/>
     <antcall target="coref-en-default"/>
   </target>
   
@@ -483,10 +486,10 @@
 
     <install-stub-and-upstream-file 
         file="target/download/tmp/edu/stanford/nlp/models/pos-tagger/english-bidirectional/english-bidirectional-distsim.tagger" 
-        md5="a56c39cc598cea170fc6902652552e25"
+        md5="fa2cbb839d97329a78ea47b3895339cc"
         groupId="de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core" 
         artifactIdBase="de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp"
-        upstreamVersion="20140616" 
+        upstreamVersion="20181002" 
         metaDataVersion="1"
         tool="tagger" 
         language="en" 
@@ -510,10 +513,10 @@
             
       <install-stub-and-upstream-file 
         file="target/download/tmp/edu/stanford/nlp/models/pos-tagger/english-left3words/english-left3words-distsim.tagger" 
-        md5="38a80a1c6b0fb99bb233b470989135e0"
+        md5="5309d92af51bcbdf71d2c160c644a79c"
         groupId="de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core" 
         artifactIdBase="de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp"
-        upstreamVersion="20140616" 
+        upstreamVersion="20181002" 
         metaDataVersion="1"
         tool="tagger" 
         language="en" 
@@ -537,10 +540,10 @@
             
     <install-stub-and-upstream-file
       file="target/download/tmp/edu/stanford/nlp/models/pos-tagger/english-caseless-left3words-distsim.tagger"
-      md5="26444b971e910cff226be355f39b687f"
+      md5="7b2bdb109c60237948ecfa7fca507dfe"
       groupId="de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core"
       artifactIdBase="de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.stanfordnlp"
-      upstreamVersion="20140827"
+      upstreamVersion="20181002"
       metaDataVersion="0"
       tool="tagger"
       language="en"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4183d85e61..dd02ee5bf5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <log4j.version>2.7</log4j.version>
     <maven.surefire.heap>6g</maven.surefire.heap>
     <activation.version>1.2.0</activation.version>
+    <icu4j.version>64.2</icu4j.version>
   </properties>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
         <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-        <version>1.19</version>
+        <version>1.24</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>xerces</groupId>
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
         <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
-        <version>61.1</version>
+        <version>${icu4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -314,12 +315,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1</version>
+        <version>4.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11</version>
+        <version>1.12</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8</version>
+        <version>3.9</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -346,15 +347,10 @@
         <artifactId>xz</artifactId>
         <version>1.8</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.github.haifengl</groupId>
-        <artifactId>smile-nlp</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
         <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-        <version>1.10.2</version>
+        <version>1.10.5</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
@@ -460,15 +456,10 @@
         <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
         <version>1.6</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
         <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.13</version>
+        <version>8.2.2</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ivy</groupId>
@@ -820,7 +811,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>2.17</version>
+              <version>3.0.0</version>
               <inherited>true</inherited>
               <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
@@ -831,10 +822,13 @@
                 <dependency>
                   <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                   <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                  <version>8.8</version>
+                  <version>8.18</version>
                 </dependency>
               </dependencies>
               <configuration>
+                <!-- See: https://github.com/m2e-code-quality/m2e-code-quality/issues/117#issuecomment-380022879 -->
+                <sourceDirectories>${project.compileSourceRoots}</sourceDirectories>
+                <testSourceDirectories>${project.testCompileSourceRoots}</testSourceDirectories>
                 <configLocation>dkpro-core/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                 <propertyExpansion>basedir=${project.basedir}</propertyExpansion>
                 <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>