diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fe56cf847..b546a1d3dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>35</version>
-    <relativePath>../pom/maven/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <version>36</version>
+    <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <maven.version>3.0.5</maven.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <classWorldsVersion>2.6.0</classWorldsVersion>
     <commonsCliVersion>1.4</commonsCliVersion>
     <commonsLangVersion>3.8.1</commonsLangVersion>
@@ -56,11 +55,10 @@ under the License.
     <mockitoVersion>2.21.0</mockitoVersion>
     <plexusVersion>2.1.0</plexusVersion>
     <plexusInterpolationVersion>1.26</plexusInterpolationVersion>
-    <plexusUtilsVersion>3.3.0</plexusUtilsVersion>
+    <plexusUtilsVersion>3.4.2</plexusUtilsVersion>
     <guiceVersion>4.2.3</guiceVersion>
     <guavaVersion>30.1-jre</guavaVersion>
     <guavafailureaccessVersion>1.0.1</guavafailureaccessVersion>
-    <sisuVersion>0.3.5</sisuVersion>
     <wagonVersion>3.5.1</wagonVersion>
     <securityDispatcherVersion>2.0</securityDispatcherVersion>
     <cipherVersion>2.0</cipherVersion>
@@ -523,19 +521,6 @@ under the License.
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.sisu</groupId>
-          <artifactId>sisu-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${sisuVersion}</version>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>main-index</goal>
-                <goal>test-index</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -629,7 +614,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.20</version>
+        <version>1.21</version>
         <configuration>
           <signature>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>