diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddb6c9aa1..6d08fbc0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,19 +23,26 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<slf4j-api.version>1.7.13</slf4j-api.version>
+		<slf4j-api.version>1.7.28</slf4j-api.version>
 		<arangodb.velocypack.version>1.4.2</arangodb.velocypack.version>
 
 		<!-- provided -->
-		<httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
+		<httpclient.version>4.5.9</httpclient.version>
 
 		<!-- test -->
-		<logback-classic.version>1.1.3</logback-classic.version>
+		<logback-classic.version>1.2.3</logback-classic.version>
 		<hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+
+		<!-- javadoc-->
+		<javadoc.opts/>
 	</properties>
 
 	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<name>Michele Rastelli</name>
+			<url>https://github.com/rashtao</url>
+		</developer>
 		<developer>
 			<id>mpv1989</id>
 			<name>Mark Vollmary</name>
@@ -75,30 +82,6 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<inherited>true</inherited>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0-M2</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>enforce-maven-3</id>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>enforce</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<rules>
-								<requireMavenVersion>
-									<version>3.0.5</version>
-								</requireMavenVersion>
-							</rules>
-							<fail>true</fail>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -111,52 +94,27 @@
 					<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>assembly</id>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>single</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-				<configuration>
-					<finalName>
-						${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-standalone
-					</finalName>
-					<attach>false</attach>
-					<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-					<descriptorRefs>
-						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-					</descriptorRefs>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.8.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<source>1.8</source>
 					<target>1.8</target>
-					<compilerArgument></compilerArgument>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.1.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.1.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
@@ -165,10 +123,10 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.1.1</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -176,15 +134,16 @@
 							<goal>jar</goal>
 						</goals>
 						<configuration>
-							<additionalparam>${javadoc.opts}</additionalparam>
+							<additionalOptions>${javadoc.opts}</additionalOptions>
 							<excludePackageNames>com.arangodb.internal</excludePackageNames>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.22.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<includes>
 						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
@@ -192,18 +151,19 @@
 					</includes>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.8.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
 					<retryFailedDeploymentCount>10</retryFailedDeploymentCount>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.6</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -214,9 +174,7 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-
 		</plugins>
-
 	</build>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -278,7 +236,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-				<version>1.12</version>
+				<version>1.13</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/arangodb.properties b/src/test/resources/arangodb.properties
index 460f492bc..15f5ae481 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/arangodb.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/arangodb.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 arangodb.hosts=localhost:8529
 arangodb.connections.max=1
 arangodb.acquireHostList=false
+arangodb.password=test