diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54441c1d7a..2e923ecdd1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
         <easyb.version>1.4</easyb.version>
         <cobertura.version>2.6</cobertura.version>
         <!-- A workaround for a bug in PMD -->
+        <sourceJdk>1.7</sourceJdk>
         <targetJdk>1.7</targetJdk>
         <github.account>wakaleo</github.account>
-        <thucydides.version>0.9.222</thucydides.version>
+        <thucydides.version>0.9.268</thucydides.version>
         <jelastic.context>gameoflife</jelastic.context>
         <jelastic.environment>wakaleo</jelastic.environment>
     </properties>
@@ -29,15 +30,15 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
+                <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
+                    <target>1.7</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
+                <version>2.11</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
                 </configuration>
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.6.3.201306030806</version>
+                <version>0.7.2.201409121644</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>jacoco-initialize</id>
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals>
                 </configuration>
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>2.8.2</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -187,8 +188,8 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
-            <version>4.10</version>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.11</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.5</version>
+                        <version>3.2</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <targetJdk>1.6</targetJdk>
                             <aggregate>true</aggregate>
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@
                     <!-- FINDBUGS -->
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.5.2</version>
+                        <version>2.4.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <effort>Max</effort>
                             <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0</version>
+                        <version>3.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <reportPlugins>
                                 <plugin>
@@ -305,14 +306,9 @@
                                     <version>2.2</version>
                                 </plugin>
                                 <plugin>
-                                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                                    <version>${cobertura.version}</version>
-                                    <configuration>
-                                        <formats>
-                                            <format>xml</format>
-                                        </formats>
-                                    </configuration>
+                                    <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                                    <version>0.7.2.201409121644</version>
                                 </plugin>
                                 <plugin>
                                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -341,7 +337,7 @@
                                 <plugin>
                                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                                    <version>2.3.2</version>
+                                    <version>2.4.0</version>
                                     <configuration>
                                         <effort>Max</effort>
                                         <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
@@ -464,7 +460,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.3</version>
+                        <version>2.4.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <effort>Max</effort>
                             <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>