diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 20593e710dedb60c4f83957e1ddc31ecb120be77..2b4d0a990bf225694f2d0c4e10cb0bc797b1deac 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>dist</id>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 5e89d548cd47f71e0ec8b17ed86bfeebe0efc393..459ef66712c36a289506a1aebec86327f3881035 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.2</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sparkr-pkg</id>
diff --git a/network/common/pom.xml b/network/common/pom.xml
index 22c738bde6d426669209760a71146e81d263163c..0c3147761cfc565a634a9ac93cc8328748c632fe 100644
--- a/network/common/pom.xml
+++ b/network/common/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>test-jar-on-test-compile</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fbce1d639d8b06d3a878279372e9332191748b5..928f5d0f5efad8d3a37fbede6395b173f474fdba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.3.1</version>
+          <version>1.4</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>enforce-versions</id>
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.8</version>
+          <version>1.9.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1</version>
+          <version>3.3</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>${java.version}</source>
             <target>${java.version}</target>
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.18</version>
+          <version>2.18.1</version>
           <!-- Note config is repeated in scalatest config -->
           <configuration>
             <includes>
@@ -1260,17 +1260,17 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>2.6</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.7</version>
+          <version>1.8</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.2.1</version>
+          <version>2.4</version>
           <configuration>
             <attach>true</attach>
           </configuration>
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
+          <version>2.6.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <filesets>
               <fileset>
@@ -1305,7 +1305,27 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.10.1</version>
+          <version>2.10.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.4.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.8.2</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -1315,7 +1335,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9</version>
+        <version>2.10</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>test-compile</phase>
@@ -1334,7 +1354,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
         <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2</version>
+        <version>1.5</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
@@ -1359,7 +1379,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
+        <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
           <artifactSet>
diff --git a/sql/hive/pom.xml b/sql/hive/pom.xml
index 21dce8d8a565afc1c14e74ae2389696650192a4d..e322340094e6fa69ccd3c1d7c67dbfbc04d7e814 100644
--- a/sql/hive/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>copy-dependencies</id>