diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c9699945e9..2ff95184bb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ before_script:
   - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
   - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
   - bundler config
-  - ls -al $HOME
+  - ls -al .
 
 script:
   - ./mvnw -B -U clean verify -P help -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.test.skip=true
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f53b94c85b..e7d41e74ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 		<repository>
 			<id>neon</id>
 			<layout>p2</layout>
-			<url>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/neon/</url>
+			<url>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/photon/</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>neon updates</id>
 			<layout>p2</layout>
-			<url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6/</url>
+			<url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.8/</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>erlide libs</id>
@@ -279,14 +279,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.eclipse.xtend</groupId>
 					<artifactId>xtend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>2.14.0</version>
-					<dependencies>
-						<dependency>
-						    <groupId>org.eclipse.platform</groupId>
-						    <artifactId>org.eclipse.equinox.common</artifactId>
-						    <version>3.10.0</version>
-						</dependency>
-					</dependencies>
+					<version>2.16.0</version>
 					<executions>
 						<execution>
 							<goals>
diff --git a/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.target b/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.target
index 80586682a0..615f8413ca 100644
--- a/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.target
+++ b/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.target
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <?pde?>
 <!-- generated with https://github.com/eclipse-cbi/targetplatform-dsl -->
-<target name="Erlide target" sequenceNumber="1546600171">
+<target name="Erlide target" sequenceNumber="1546699173">
   <locations>
     <location includeMode="planner" includeAllPlatforms="false" includeSource="true" includeConfigurePhase="true" type="InstallableUnit">
       <unit id="org.eclipse.e4.rcp.feature.group" version="0.0.0"/>
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
       <repository location="http://download.erlide.org/update/libs"/>
     </location>
     <location includeMode="planner" includeAllPlatforms="false" includeSource="true" includeConfigurePhase="true" type="InstallableUnit">
-      <repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6/"/>
+      <repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.8/"/>
     </location>
     <location includeMode="planner" includeAllPlatforms="false" includeSource="true" includeConfigurePhase="true" type="InstallableUnit">
       <unit id="org.eclipse.xtend.lib" version="0.0.0"/>
       <unit id="org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro" version="0.0.0"/>
       <unit id="org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib" version="0.0.0"/>
-      <repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/releases/2.14.0/"/>
+      <repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/releases/2.16.0/"/>
     </location>
     <location includeMode="planner" includeAllPlatforms="false" includeSource="true" includeConfigurePhase="true" type="InstallableUnit">
       <unit id="org.eclipse.lsp4j.sdk.feature.group" version="0.0.0"/>
diff --git a/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.tpd b/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.tpd
index abb293a542..73bc94bc88 100644
--- a/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.tpd
+++ b/releng/org.erlide.target/org.erlide.target.tpd
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ location "http://download.erlide.org/update/libs" {
 	com.abstratt.eclipsegraphviz.feature.feature.group lazy //[2.2.0, 3.0.0)
 }
 
-location "http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.6/" {
+location "http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.8/" {
 }
 
-location "http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/releases/2.14.0/"{
+location "http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/releases/2.16.0/"{
 	org.eclipse.xtend.lib lazy
 	org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro lazy
 	org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib lazy