diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09915d29..9b31ff00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.3.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>examples/*.java</exclude>
@@ -107,14 +108,14 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0</version>
+                <version>2.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+                <version>2.2.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <descriptors>
                         <descriptor>src/assemble/examples.xml</descriptor>
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.1.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                 </configuration>
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.0</version>
+                        <version>1.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <passphrase>${gpg.passphrase}</passphrase>
                         </configuration>