diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8fbe03..1466f86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,12 +40,20 @@
       <id>ifedorenko</id>
       <name>Igor Fedorenko</name>
       <email>igor@ifedorenko.com</email>
-      <organization>Sonatype</organization>
       <roles>
         <role>Project Lead</role>
       </roles>
       <timezone>-5</timezone>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>mmoser</id>
+      <name>Manfred Moser</name>
+      <email>manfred@simpligility.com</email>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Contributor</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>-8</timezone>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <takariLifecycleVersion>1.11.9</takariLifecycleVersion>
+    <takariLifecycleVersion>1.12.3</takariLifecycleVersion>
     <!-- Properties that control how plugins we define are used. All prefixed with "takari." -->
     <takari.javaSourceVersion>1.7</takari.javaSourceVersion>
     <takari.licenseHeader>http://takari.io/support/license-header.txt</takari.licenseHeader>
@@ -123,22 +131,22 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.7</version>
+          <version>1.8</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.3</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <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>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2</version>
+          <version>3.6.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- disable accidental use, must use takari-lifecycle -->
             <skip>true</skip>
@@ -157,12 +165,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-docck-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0</version>
+          <version>1.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.3.1</version>
+          <version>1.4.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- disable accidental use, must use takari-lifecycle -->
             <skip>true</skip>
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.2</version>
+          <version>2.5.3</version>
           <configuration>
             <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
             <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7</version>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- disable accidental use, must use takari-lifecycle -->
             <skip>true</skip>
@@ -219,12 +227,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.9.2</version>
+          <version>1.9.5</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4</version>
+          <version>3.6</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- disable accidental use, must use takari-lifecycle -->
             <skipSource>true</skipSource>
@@ -245,12 +253,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.18</version>
+          <version>2.19.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.13</version>
+          <version>1.15</version>
           <configuration>
             <signature>
               <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
@@ -271,7 +279,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
           <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6</version>
+          <version>3.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <aggregate>true</aggregate>
             <strictCheck>true</strictCheck>