diff --git a/matching-core/pom.xml b/matching-core/pom.xml
index a4cef538..04f2e9f1 100644
--- a/matching-core/pom.xml
+++ b/matching-core/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>3.0.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 243ac877..c40dda07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-        <json.org.version>20160212</json.org.version>        
+        <json.org.version>20160810</json.org.version>        
         
         <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.CodeStyle.project.indent-shift-width>4</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.CodeStyle.project.indent-shift-width>
         <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.CodeStyle.project.spaces-per-tab>4</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.CodeStyle.project.spaces-per-tab>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>        
                     <!--             
                     <compilerArgument>-Xlint:unchecked</compilerArgument>
@@ -120,16 +120,16 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>                    
+                <version>3.0.0</version>                    
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>3.0.2</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>                
+                <version>3.0.0</version>                
             </plugin>            
         </plugins>
     </build>    
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.10.3</version>
+                        <version>2.10.4</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-sources</id>