diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
index 21d79dd66..a3d7d7352 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   <name>JGit Tycho Parent</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <tycho-version>0.23.0</tycho-version>
+    <tycho-version>0.25.0</tycho-version>
     <tycho-extras-version>${tycho-version}</tycho-extras-version>
     <target-platform>jgit-4.6</target-platform>
   </properties>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
+          <version>2.7</version>
           <configuration>
             <encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>
           </configuration>
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.cbi.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>eclipse-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.1.2</version>
+          <version>1.1.3</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.9</version>
+          <version>1.10</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b9f4f1c6..9dc6427a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@
     <httpclient-version>4.3.6</httpclient-version>
     <slf4j-version>1.7.2</slf4j-version>
     <log4j-version>1.2.15</log4j-version>
-    <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>2.10.1</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
-    <tycho-extras-version>0.23.0</tycho-extras-version>
+    <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>2.10.3</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
+    <tycho-extras-version>0.25.0</tycho-extras-version>
     <gson-version>2.2.4</gson-version>
 
     <!-- Properties to enable jacoco code coverage analysis -->
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2</version>
+          <version>3.5.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
             <source>1.7</source>
@@ -269,13 +269,13 @@
 
         <plugin>
           <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-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.3</version>
+          <version>2.4.3</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.18.1</version>
+          <version>2.19.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <forkCount>${test-fork-count}</forkCount>
             <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.9</version>
+          <version>1.10</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0</version>
+          <version>3.0.3</version>
           <configuration>
             <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
             <failOnError>false</failOnError>
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4</version>
+          <version>3.6</version>
           <configuration>
             <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
             <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.cbi.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>eclipse-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.1.2</version>
+          <version>1.1.3</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
@@ -373,24 +373,24 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
           <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.7.1.201405082137</version>
+          <version>0.7.6.201602180812</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4</version>
+          <version>3.5.1</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency><!-- add support for ssh/scp -->
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
               <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-              <version>2.7</version>
+              <version>2.10</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.18.1</version>
+          <version>2.19.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8</version>
+          <version>2.9</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -526,12 +526,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>3.0.3</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.1</version>
+        <version>2.19.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <aggregate>true</aggregate>
           <alwaysGenerateSurefireReport>false</alwaysGenerateSurefireReport>