diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d22006779..dc1aa6cd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
   
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>3.0</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+  
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>javase</module>
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.14</version>
+        <version>2.14.1</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>