- Update maven-scm-api to fix problem with localized git output while…

… releasing

- surefire and hpi-plugin updates

pom.xml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   </developers>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven-hpi-plugin.version>1.91</maven-hpi-plugin.version>
+    <maven-hpi-plugin.version>1.96</maven-hpi-plugin.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 
@@ -86,12 +86,20 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   		<plugins>
   			<plugin>
   				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-  				<version>2.3.2</version>
+  				<version>2.4.1</version>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <!-- Fix problem with localized git output: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-686 -->
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.8.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
   			</plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.13</version>
+          <version>2.14.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <systemPropertyVariables>
               <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}</java.io.tmpdir>