diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a24665b444..94ad01d11f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,17 +69,17 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<jdkLevel>1.7</jdkLevel>
-		<slf4j.version>1.7.14</slf4j.version>
+		<slf4j.version>1.7.16</slf4j.version>
 		<mainClass/>
 
         <maven-resources-plugin-version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin-version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.5</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
         <maven-jar-plugin-version>2.6</maven-jar-plugin-version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin-version>2.19</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
-        <maven-pmd-plugin-version>3.5</maven-pmd-plugin-version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin-version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
+        <maven-pmd-plugin-version>3.6</maven-pmd-plugin-version>
         <maven-source-plugin-version>2.4</maven-source-plugin-version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>2.10.3</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
-        <maven-shade-plugin-version>2.4.2</maven-shade-plugin-version>
+        <maven-shade-plugin-version>2.4.3</maven-shade-plugin-version>
         <maven-assembly-plugin-version>2.6</maven-assembly-plugin-version>
         <maven-bundle-plugin-version>3.0.1</maven-bundle-plugin-version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin-version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin-version>
diff --git a/quickfixj-core/pom.xml b/quickfixj-core/pom.xml
index e2116dd61a..c999609b60 100644
--- a/quickfixj-core/pom.xml
+++ b/quickfixj-core/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.11</version>
+			<version>2.0.12</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.19</version>
+				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin-version}</version>
 				<reportSets/>
 				<configuration>
 					<showSuccess>true</showSuccess>