diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index f3349f867c..fa50030b64 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ under the License.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>net.nicoulaj.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>checksum-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.11</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>source-release-checksum</id>
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
index bd127300cc..5721c27316 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.12</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-slf4j-simple</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d5124cfaa..0b6733cc53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -539,16 +539,11 @@ under the License.
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4</version>
-        </plugin>
         <!-- enforce backwards compatibility -->
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.siom79.japicmp</groupId>
           <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.16.0</version>
+          <version>0.17.2</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <goals>
@@ -568,6 +563,16 @@ under the License.
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>